The Silver Screen – The Golden Eighties : by Andrew Bujalski
Femmes au bord de la crise de nerfs
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Pedro Almodóvar, Spain 1988, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Rossy de Palma ⁄ color ⁄ 89' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
Almodóvar’s international breakthrough movie still sizzles. A candy-flavored concoction to be sure, but it wouldn’t be Almodóvar without some bite and some sadness as these women – sometimes teetering on the verge, sometimes tumbling right past it – intersect in a farce where the manic proceedings seem entirely rooted in character. — Andrew Bujalski
