Review of What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) by Archduke P — 13 Apr 2008
Pedro Almod�³var may be accused of many things, being dull will not be one accusation that holds any ground after this. Dystopian, Socialist, Surrealist, even a hint of Feminism is flirted with, although that particular trope finds less success in this damning attack of post Franco Spain, and indeed Europe in a larger context.
Carmen Maura carries huge responsibillity for the wayward musings of Almod�³var's hyperactive visions, succeeding only if through a case of life imitating art, via her own blood, sweat and tears.
Spain has provided stronger works of a nation never truly basking in self harmony, it'll far more taxing to find anything as wildly eccentric as this though.
This review of What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) was written by Archduke P on 13 Apr 2008.
What Have I Done to Deserve This? has generally received positive reviews.
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