Almodóvar and the women on the verge of collapse

Nolan 2022-01-07 15:54:03

I finally bought the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar's "Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" and couldn't wait to plug it into the DVD player. After a chaotic and clichéd opening, the story fluttered indiscriminately like an off-line balloon.

The heroine desperately finds the man who just broke up to tell him that she is pregnant with his child. This leads to other women who are in trouble for love. The shots are full of burnt sheets, broken phones, and sleeping pills and juices. The smoke filled with gunpowder like a war.

Appropriately, a warm taxi and taxi driver appeared in the movie. The car is equipped with paper towels, cigarettes, toys, eye drops and other items for passengers. The heroine sat in the car crying, and the male driver accompany her in tears. All the impetuous chaos that filled the sky quickly settled down, becoming warm and peaceful.

Pedro Almodóvar adheres to the usual complicated plot, serving dishes again and again like a grand banquet, uncovering one by one. The TV screen at midnight was shining with blue light, looking lonely and charming. Watching exhaustedly, some eloquent men's mouths and innocent women's crying eyeliners passed occasionally in front of her eyes. Finally couldn't stand it, fell asleep deeply on the sofa.

The more tacky the plot, the more warm it makes people feel.

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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown quotes

  • Pepa: Hello. I'm the mother of the notorious Crossroads Killer. When my son comes home after one of his famous crimes, his clothes are just filthy.

    [Pepa holds up a bloody shirt. The police arrive]

    Policía I: Where are the clothes your son wore...

    Policía II: At the time of the murder?

    [Pepa takes a clean shirt out of the dryer]

    Pepa: Right here. Sparkling clean.

    Policía I: No trace of blood.

    Policía II: Or guts.

    Policía I: Unbelievable!

    [Pepa holds up a box of detergent]

    Pepa: Ecce Homo. It's unbelievable.

  • Pepa: You could have killed yourself!

    Candela: That was the idea. I'm desperate.

    Pepa: So am I, but I don't jump off terraces.

    Candela: I didn't know where to go. I couldn't face my folks. It's bad enough that I became a model.