When Pedro Almodóvar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ( Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios ) burst onto the international scene in 1988, it didn't just introduce the world to gazpacho laced with sleeping pills; it redefined Spanish cinema for the post-Franco era. Decades later, the film remains a high-water mark of the "La Movida Madrileña" movement, blending kitsch, screwball comedy, and genuine emotional pathos.
Almodóvar used primary colors—red, blue, yellow—to externalize internal rage.