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Co-Sponsored: WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Four Films of Desire

Sun, 14 Feb, 2010 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Mujeres al borde de un atque de nervios)
Written, produced, and directed by Pedro Almodovar
Cinematography by Jose Luis Alcaine
Spain, 1988, color, DVD distributed by Sony Pictures, 90 min.
Cast: Carmen Maura, Julieta Serrano, Maria Barranco, Antonio Banderas
Spanish with English subtitles

Almodovar’s contribution to the “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” subgenre of romantic comedies is a major statement about desire transformed into an out-of-control obsession. Pepa, a successful TV actress/ad pitchwoman, flies into a rage of destruction of telephones, plate glass windows, and her mattress when she discovers that Ivan is leaving her. Ivan’s former wife, Lucia, driven into a psychiatric hospital by misplaced love, is hell-bent on murdering the man who made her crazy. Ivan’s newest paramour, feminist lawyer Paulina Morales, is the only one who tells Ivan that he is weak. And then there is Candela, Pepa’s friend, who got innocently involved with a Shiite terrorist and is now in hiding. With its trademark use of eye-drenching primary colors and post-modern references to glossy fashion magazines and styles, WOMEN ON THE VERGE announced the arrival of a completely new and delightful filmmaker blasting a new path through the jungle of desire and obsession.
Location: Blanton Auditorium, MLK & Congress
Fees: $3 for Blanton & AFS members, UT students, faculty, and staff; $5 for non-members
Contact: afs@austinfilm.org
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