Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · Cinematography by José Luis Alcaine
R88 min62 frames
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A comedy about someone you know.
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What is Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown about?
After being dumped by her lover, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out of control in a deliciously chaotic series of events.
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What does the cinematography of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown look like?
Across 62 sampled frames, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown builds its coverage from medium shots (55% of the sample), with close-ups (32%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer José Luis Alcaine keeps 44% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Focus stays shallow in 81% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) are #2f2d2a, #f2f2f1, #ce2c31, #060607, #d0d1cf, #4a3632 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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