Then came Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios ( Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ).
Almodóvar once said, "I’ve always thought that comedy is much more cruel than tragedy. Tragedy dignifies pain. Comedy laughs at it." Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios-1988-A...
By the end, Pepa doesn’t need Iván’s love. She needs his —not to win him back, but to erase him. The film’s climax isn’t a kiss; it’s a woman burning a bed (in slow motion) and walking away into the Madrid sunrise. Men cause the breakdown. Women build the recovery. 6. The Mambo Taxi: A Musical Car Chase Let’s not forget the taxi. Driven by the hyper-loyal, chain-smoking Candela, the taxi becomes a moving confessional. While chased by police and terrorists, the women don’t panic—they harmonize. Almodóvar scores the chase scene not with tense strings, but with the bouncy, absurdist mambo of "Soy infeliz" by Lola Beltrán. Then came Mujeres al borde de un ataque