▁about ▁love , ▁themselves , ▁and ▁a ▁ple th ora ▁of ▁things ▁while ▁getting ▁dr unk ▁on ▁Val encia ▁co ck t ails . ▁With ▁its ▁English ▁title ▁taken ▁from ▁a ▁song ▁by ▁the ▁Po inter ▁Sister s , ▁Al mod ó var ▁open ly ▁emb rac ed ▁the ▁camp y ▁humor ▁that ▁was ▁prominent ▁in ▁his ▁early ▁works . ▁ ▁The ▁film ' s ▁cast ▁was ▁a ▁mixture ▁of ▁Al mod ó var ▁regular s ▁such ▁as ▁Cec ilia ▁Roth , ▁J avier ▁C ám ara , ▁and ▁L ola ▁Due ñas , ▁Blan ca ▁Su á rez ▁and ▁Paz ▁V ega ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Antonio ▁B ander as ▁and ▁Pen é lo pe ▁Cruz ▁who ▁make ▁came o ▁appearances ▁in ▁the ▁film ' s ▁opening ▁scene . ▁Sh ot ▁on ▁a ▁sound stage , ▁Al mod ó var ▁ampl ified ▁the ▁camp y ▁tone ▁by ▁incorpor ating ▁a ▁dance ▁number ▁and ▁odd ball ▁characters ▁like ▁Due ñas ' ▁vir g inal ▁psych ic . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁premier ed ▁in ▁Spain ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁and ▁had ▁its ▁international ▁release ▁during ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁that ▁year . ▁Despite ▁mixed ▁reviews ▁from ▁critics , ▁the ▁film ▁did ▁fairly ▁well ▁at ▁the ▁international ▁box ▁office . ▁ ▁Juli eta ▁( 2 0 1 6 ) ▁ ▁For ▁his ▁ 2 0 th ▁feature ▁film , ▁Al mod ó var ▁decided ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁drama ▁and ▁his ▁" cin ema ▁of ▁women ". ▁Juli eta ▁( 2 0 1 6 )