Filmmaker Focus: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown by Almodóvar
A comedy about someone you know.
Pedro Almodóvar
When Pepa Marcos' (Carmen Maura) lover Ivan (Fernando Guillén) suddenly leaves her without any explanation, she embarks on a strange journey to discover why. On the way she meets a variety of eccentric characters, including Ivan's son from a previous relationship (Antonio Banderas), his fiancee Marissa (Rossy de Palma) and a Shiite terrorist cell who have been secretly holding her best friend Candela (María Barranco) hostage. This SHOUT program is sponsored by Birmingham AIDS Outreach.