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 Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios [Women on the...] 

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 Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios [Women on the...] 
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spanish: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) is a 1988 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas. The film that brought Almodóvar to widespread international attention, it was nominated for the 1989 Academy Award for Best Foreign-language film, and won five Goya Awards including Best Film and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Maura. The actual title refers in Spanish to "un ataque de nervios" which is not actually well translated by "nervous breakdown". "Ataques de nervios" are culture-bound psychological phenomena during which the individual, most often female, displays dramatic outpouring of negative emotions, bodily gestures, occasional falling to the ground, and fainting, often in response to receiving disturbing news or witnessing or participating in an upsetting event. Historically, this condition has been associated with "hysteria" and more recently in the scientific literature with posttraumatic stress.

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Post Re: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
7/10 -> B-

Funny and charming, but the plot feels too much constructed and linear, which makes the story a bit weaker for me.


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Best-film-ever!

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