The Human Voice: A woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: High atop one of Spain's poshest penthouses, three women have come to the end of their mental rope: Pepa, obsessed over Iván, the lover who just jilted her over the answering machine; her neurotic best friend Candela; and Iván's ex-wife Lucía, just released from a 20-year stint in a mental institution.