Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

María Barranco: Candela

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• Policía I : What's going on?

  Pepa : Nothing. Just discussing the lady's dress.

  Candela : [in tears]  It's awful!

  Carlos : It's only a dress.

  Candela : But it's awful!

• Candela : Men keep taking advantage of me. I always realize it when it's too late. Look how the Arab world treated me. I sure didn't deserve that.

• Pepa : You could have killed yourself!

  Candela : That was the idea. I'm desperate.

  Pepa : So am I, but I don't jump off terraces.

  Candela : I didn't know where to go. I couldn't face my folks. It's bad enough that I became a model.

• Carlos : What happened?

  Pepa : She fell asleep.

  Candela : So suddenly?

  Pepa : Yes. The strangest things can happen suddenly.

• Candela : Three months ago, I spent a weekend with a guy. I didn't know his name or anything, but, after he left, I couldn't get him out of my mind.

  Pepa : What happened that weekend?

  Candela : Nothing special. We fucked the whole weekend. Just thinking about it gives me goose bumps. It was like a revelation. Like making love for the first time. I loved it.

  Pepa : Sex means a lot at your age.

  Candela : Because he's like a terrorist, he's more intense than other guys.

• Candela : He confessed that they are Shiite terrorists. I flipped. I really did. I knew it could be dangerous, but I didn't think about it. What's worse, they had weapons and were planning to attack somewhere. Then I said to him, "You should have told me about this." That's when I realized it was a ploy. He didn't love me. He used me.

• Candela : You're a kissing fanatic!