What Have I Done to Deserve This?

"The Hell of Home."

1984 1h 42m ES

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7.1

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75%

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7.1

IMDB

★7.1TMDB · 275🍅75%Rotten Tomatoes★7.1IMDB · 11,796

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ungrateful husband, her delinquent sons, her headstrong mother-in-law, and her sex worker neighbor, among others.

“The Hell of Home.”

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Cast

Carmen Maura
Gloria
Luis Hostalot
Polo
Ryo Hiruma
Profesor kendo
Ángel de Andrés López
Antonio
Gonzalo Suárez
Lucas Villalba
Verónica Forqué
Cristal
Juan Martínez
Toni
Chus Lampreave
Abuela

Credits

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Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writers: Pedro Almodóvar
Languages: English, French, Spanish, German
Countries: Spain

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ERA

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42 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, French, Spanish, German.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, shot by Ángel Luis Fernández. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Bernardo Bonezzi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor José Salcedo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Carmen Maura and Luis Hostalot and Ryo Hiruma carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Hell of Home.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0088461 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Pedro Almodóvar directs. Ángel Luis Fernández behind the camera. Bernardo Bonezzi scores. José Salcedo cuts. Produced in Spain. Dialogue in English, French, Spanish, German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

142 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, French, Spanish, German.
3Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, shot by Ángel Luis Fernández. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Bernardo Bonezzi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor José Salcedo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Carmen Maura and Luis Hostalot and Ryo Hiruma carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The Hell of Home.".
8IMDB entry: tt0088461 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 16 themes, including "prostitute", "husband wife relationship", "madrid, spain", "sadism".