Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

This title fits perfectly for the story because throughout you can see the constant misfortunes and hardships the women have to face. On a daily basis women become crazy and overemotional mostly because of men, and this is especially true for Pepa. She is head over heels in love with Ivan even though he is a manwhore and player, but that doesn't seem to phase her at first. She is in the state of mind where nothing else matters except him and she cant live without him. This happens to every woman, even in reality, including myself. Women tend to get lost  in men and begin to act crazy and foolish. Men hold that power of women and feed off it because they know they have us wrapped around their finger. Women act out and do things they would not normally do because they can no longer think straight. That is the power of love, not the good side, but the bad side.

The telephone plays an important role in the film because it is constantly ringing and every time Pepa gets her hopes up. She continuously believes it is going to be Ivan trying to get in contact with her, but it is almost always Candela. Pepa drives herself crazy because of the lack of communication there is between herself and Ivan, and she even gets to the point where she throws the phone out the window, several times. She can no longer handle the fact that her lover doesn't wish to try and get ahold of her, so whoever else is, including Candela, doesn't matter to her. Even though Candela is worried about Pepa and also needs her help for her own issues, Pepa still does not call Candela back or take the time to finish listen to her messages. The phone is also portrayed to be very ugly and not attractive at all. It is red and the answering machine is hideous and they are both shown like this because of all the problems they both cause. 

Even though the film is supposed to be serious and sad because of the emotional states the women are in, especially Pepa, there is also a lot of comedy. It is considered to be both a romantic and comedic film because there is a lot going on that has a serious tone, so some parts are needed to cause laughter to cool down a little bit. Just as the title states, these women are about to lose their minds and have a nervous breakdown, and that is the farthest thing from funny. In reality, breakdowns are extremely serious, especially when people try to commit suicide or are considered to be mentally ill. In the movie, though, we see Candela try to jump off the balcony and cant go through with it. She is sick in the head, which definately is not supposed to be funny, but us as the audience still laughs because her issue isn't portrayed to be serious, but rather comedic. She is being grabbed and felt up in appropriate places, horns are being beeped by cars, and her screams are irritating. If this were real life, the fact that someone is hanging off a balcony hundreds of feet in the air above a street would be almost sickening because of the horror. This is a movie, however, so even though parts are considered real, it as a whole is fake.