Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios
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 fiancée Marissa (Rossy de Palma) and a Shiite terrorist cell who have been secretly holding her best friend Candela (María Barranco) hostage. This is a film noir take on the romantic comedy, expertly balanced between farce, absurdism and tragedy. Almodóvar had already created ‘Matador’ and ‘Law of Desire’ by this stage, but it was this film full of colour and humour that brought him to the international audience.