1. The role of women in the film. The types of women Almodovar introduces to us. The role of Pepa, Candela (the friend involved with Shiite terrorists), Paulina Morales (the feminist lawyer), Lucia (Ivan's wife and Carlos' mother), Marisa (Carlos' girlfriend).
2. The role of men in the film - mainly Ivan, but also to a lesser extent Carlos.
3. Why the title of the film? How are these women "on the verge of a nervous breakdown / al borde de un ataque de nervios"? Why? How might we relate the problem/s of these women to those women central in Maria de Zayas' novellas (or can we)?
4. The role of the telephone in the film.
5. A specific scene in the film you think speaks to some of the main themes of the film.
6. Why the comedic tone for a film dealing with serious issues (separation, anguish, psychological and emotional trauma)?
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