Directed by:
Pedro AlmodóvarScreenplay:
Pedro AlmodóvarCinematography:
Ángel Luis FernándezComposer:
Bernardo BonezziCast:
Carmen Maura, Ángel de Andrés López, Gonzalo Suárez, Verónica Forqué, Chus Lampreave, Cecilia Roth, Pedro Almodóvar, Jaime Chávarri, Amparo Soler Leal (more)Plots(1)
Gloria helps out the family budget by cleaning people's houses. In order to get through her 18 hour work day, she takes amphetamines constantly. One day, like most women in her situation, she explodes when least expected... In Madrid, the housewife Gloria lives in a tiny apartment with her husband, the taxi driver and forger Antonio; her lunatic mother-in-law, who is addicted in bottled water and cupcakes; and two teenage sons, one of them a drug dealer and the other gay. Gloria works as cleaning lady to raise some money for her dysfunctional family and is addicted in pills; her best friend is her neighbor, the call-girl Cristal. Antonio has a secret passion on a decadent German singer for whom he had worked as driver in Germany. A writer tries to convince Antonio to forge letters from Hitler and travels to Germany to meet the singer to invite her to participate in the scheme. Meanwhile Gloria sells her gay son to a pervert dentist. When Gloria has an argument with Antonio, she hits him on the head with a piece of wood, killing him. Now the police detectives investigate the murder case. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Carmen Maura
Spain
Best movies:
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Alan, Carmela! (1990)
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Ángel de Andrés López
Spain
Best movies:
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Gonzalo Suárez
Spain
Best movies:
Verónica Forqué
Spain
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Chus Lampreave
Spain
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Cecilia Roth
Argentina
Best movies:
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Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
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Jaime Chávarri
Spain
Best movies:
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Amparo Soler Leal
Spain
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Kiti Mánver
Spain
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Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
Spain
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Javier Gurruchaga
Spain
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Luciano Berriatúa
Spain
Best movies:
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Luis Hostalot
Spain
Best movies:
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Katia Loritz
Switzerland
Best movies:
Pilar Ortega
Best movies:
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