---
title: 'What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pedro Almodóvar'
released: '1984-08-23'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/what-have-i-done-to-deserve-this-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088461/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)

1984 · 101 min · Comedy · Spain

Original title: Qu'est-ce que j'ai fait pour mériter ça ?

## Synopsis

What Have I Done to Deserve This? 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pedro Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-almodovar)
- **Screenplay:** [Pedro Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-almodovar), [Roald Dahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/roald-dahl)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernardo Bonezzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernardo-bonezzi)
- **Editor:** [José Salcedo](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-salcedo)

## Cast

- [Chus Lampreave](https://cinepixo.com/people/chus-lampreave) as Abuela
- [Agustín Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/agustin-almodovar) as Cajero
- [Juan Martínez Brito](https://cinepixo.com/people/juan-martinez-brito) as Toni
- [Jaime Chávarri](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaime-chavarri)
- [Gonzalo Suárez](https://cinepixo.com/people/gonzalo-suarez) as Lucas Villalba
- [Javier Gurruchaga](https://cinepixo.com/people/javier-gurruchaga) as Dentista
- [Cecilia Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecilia-roth)
- [Katia Loritz](https://cinepixo.com/people/katia-loritz)
- [Ángel de Andrés López](https://cinepixo.com/people/angel-de-andres-lopez) as Antonio
- [Amparo Soler Leal](https://cinepixo.com/people/amparo-soler-leal) as Patricia
- [Carmen Maura](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-maura) as Gloria
- [Verónica Forqué](https://cinepixo.com/people/veronica-forque) as Cristal
- [Pedro Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-almodovar)
- [Kiti Mánver](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiti-manver) as Juani
- [Carmen Giralt](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-giralt)

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