Killer Housewives

Killer Housewives

2001 · 105 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy, Thriller

In Madrid, Azu's husband Filipe is smug and boorish, but it's his money she slips to family members constantly in need of cash and that she uses to buy gifts for her lover, Pablo. Things start to fall apart when Pablo wants to leave her and when Filipe wants to evict Azu's cousin from a butcher shop he rents. Azu hatches a plan that relies on her sister, her cousin the butcher, and his mentally-challenged delivery man. When things start to go wrong, can Azu make them right?

Directed by Javier Rebollo Fernández · Written by Javier Rebollo Fernández

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