What Have I Done to Deserve This?!

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

Almodóvar turns the kitchen sink drama on its head with this unruly, hyperrealist comedy set in a crowded suburb of Madrid. Carmen Maura plays the stressed, sedative-addicted cleaner trying to hold her dysfunctional family together: a drunken husband in love with his ex-boss, two wayward sons and a mischievous mother-in-law (the late, great Chus Lampreave) who’s determined to do things her way.

Text by Maria Delgado with thanks to the BFI.

Duration:
101 minutes

Translated title:
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?!

Languages:
Spanish

Subtitles:
Full English

Country of origin:
Spain

Year of production:
1984