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What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)

★ 7.1Not Rated101 minDirector: Pedro Almodóvar

1984 Spanish film

What Have I Done to Deserve This? (Spanish: ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!) is a 1984 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The title is sometimes given with an exclamation mark at the end rather than a question mark. Starring Carmen Maura, Ángel de Andrés López, Chus Lampreave and Verónica Forqué, the film follows the misadventures of an overworked housewife and her dysfunctional family. Almodóvar has described What Have I Done as a homage to Italian neorealism, although this tribute also involves jokes about paedophilia, prostitution, and a telekinetic child.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is What Have I Done to Deserve This? about?
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) — In Madrid, the housewife Gloria lives in a tiny apartment with her husband, the taxi driver and forger Antonio; her lunatic mother-in-law, who is addicted in bottled water and cupcakes; and two teenage sons, one of them a drug dealer and the other gay. Gloria works as cleaning la
Is What Have I Done to Deserve This? based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is What Have I Done to Deserve This? scary?
Content rating: Not Rated. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.