What Have I Done to Deserve This? (film)
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| Spanish | ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto! |
| Directed by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Written by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Produced by | Hervé Hachuel |
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| Cinematography | Ángel Luis Fernández |
| Edited by | José Salcedo |
| Music by | Bernardo Bonezzi |
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| Distributed by | PROCINES |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
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| Box office | ESP 116.7 million (USD$901,508) |
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.