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What Have I Done to Deserve This?

Country: Spain, Language: Spanish, 101 mins

Original Title

¿qué He Hecho Yo Para Merecer Esto!!
  • Director: Pedro Almodóvar
  • Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
  • Producer: Hervé Hachuel

CGiii Comment

An actor with a minute penis - doing a flaccid sex scene in a shower - is not the best way to start a film.

Early Almodóvar - not one of his best.

Plotless, chaotic and crammed full of cluttered caricatures......a migraine is never far away.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A dysfunctional family in Madrid: Gloria is a cleaning lady, hooked on No-Doze, living in a crowded flat with Antonio, her surly husband, a cabby who adores an aging German singer he used to chauffeur; he's also a forger. One teen son sells heroin, the other sleeps with men. Her mother-in-law keeps bottled water and cupcakes under lock and key, selling them to the family. Two alcoholic writers cook up a plot to sell a manuscript as Hitler's memoirs, if Antonio will transcribe it in Hitler's hand. He agrees, so they ask the German singer to play the role of the original owner since her past affinity for Nazi memorabilia makes her a likely candidate. Meanwhile, Gloria has given away one son to a sex-crazed dentist, and grandma picks up a pet lizard. Can this chaos be tamed?

Cast & Characters

Carmen Maura as Gloria;
Luis Hostalot as Polo;
Ryo Hiruma as Profesor Kendo;
Angel de Andres Lopez as Antonio;
Gonzalo Suarez as Lucas Villalba;
Veronica Forque as Cristal;
Juan Martinez as Toni;
Chus Lampreave as Abuela;
Kiti Manver as Juani;
Sonia Anabela Holimann as Vanessa;
Cecilia Roth as Chica anuncio;
Diego Caretti as Chico anuncio;
Jose Manuel Bello as Colega barrio;
Pedro Almodovar as Play-Back 'La bien paga';
Fabio McNamara as Play-Back 'La bien paga'