Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) on Netflix
Pepa, a voice actress in Madrid, is left by her lover Iván, who asks her to pack his suitcase and disappears. Her friend Candela arrives, afraid the police are after her.
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Plot summary
Pepa and Iván dub foreign films into Spanish for a living. Iván leaves without explanation and records a message asking her to put his belongings into a suitcase he will come for. Pepa oversleeps, misses a recording session with him, and spends the day trying to reach him with something she needs to tell him. At home her answering machine holds panicked calls from her friend Candela, who is afraid the police are looking for her over her ex-boyfriend's activities. Pepa makes gazpacho, the dish Iván loves, and stirs in sleeping pills in case he comes by. Candela arrives, and Carlos comes to tour the penthouse with his fiancée Marisa.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
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- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was the highest-grossing Spanish film of all time in Spain, taking 1.1 billion pesetas (about US$8 million) and overtaking La vaquilla (1985). It was also the most successful Spanish film in the United States at the time, with a gross of $7.2 million.
