Creating 'one of the jauntiest of all war-of-the-sexes comedies' (Pauline Kael), Pedro Almodovar, Spain's premiere writer-director, creates an off-kilter universe of madness, mayhem and pure fun. Nominated for the 1988 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and co-starring Antonio Banderas, Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown is 'a wild, wanton, wickedly witty farce' (People)!; ; High atop one of Spain's poshest penthouses, three women have come to the end of their mental ropes. ...
A collection of films from acclaimed Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar comprising: Dark Habits (1983): Nothing is quite what it seems in this early Almodovar comedy in which the unconventional nuns of a dilapidated Madrid convent write soft porn get high and still find time to design fabulous evening wear! Pepi Luci Bom (1980): Pepi (Carmen Maura) is an unemployed heiress whose illegal plants indiscreetly placed on the balcony lead to an unwelcome visit from a police
Often described as 'the Spanish Clockwork Orange' this controversial shocker is set in a violent near future world. Honset citizens live in terror as gangs of leather clad whip wielding sadists roam the night time streets. Meanwhile in a top secret laboratory strange mind control experiments are being conducted. Against this background a beautiful nurse tries to ease the pain of those condemed to die. But who really is this angel of mercy and what is the purpose of her mission?
Mexican rebel Pancho Villa needs guns. First he'll need the money to buy them. After persuading a group of money lenders to loan him $30 000 using their lives as collateral he sends his right hand man Scotty across the border into America to buy them. Scotty is doublecrossed and Villa gathers his rag tag army to take revenge. His army ends up victorious in the American town of Columbus. However he now must face the wrath of the United States Army...
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