"An absolutely wonderful black comedy. It is quite simply a small masterpiece." (The New York Times) For years, the films of Pedro Almodóvar were the private passion of a growing cult of Spanish moviegoers, who would see his wildly hilarious Super-8 films in special midnight sessions. By the early eighties, Almodóvar had already graduated to 35mm, yet happily lost little if any of his outrageousness along the way. Featuring the great Carmen Maura in her greatest role, What Have I Done to Deserve This? follows the misadventures of Gloria, a young cleaning woman who lives with her family in a new housing project on the outskirts of Madrid. Her elder son sells dope, her younger son chases after older men; meanwhile, her taxi-driving husband plans to make a killing with some forged Nazi diaries. No wonder Grandma becomes infatuated with her pet lizard.... What Have I Done to Deserve This? superbly illustrates the promise of new forms and new images we've come to expect from the Spanish cinema. Richard Peña