If you loved Captain Pantoja and the Special Services, try What Have I Done to Deserve This?
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
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What they share
Theyboth carry the pitch black, raw mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Captain Pantoja and the Special Services, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What What Have I Done to Deserve This? is
Almodóvar's black comedy dares to ask: what if my life was a sitcom, but sad? Gloria is a Madrid housewife whose existence is complicated by her night-shift cleaning job and her eccentric family. It's a minor miracle she finds time to consider murder.
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