Pepi, Luci, Bom… began as a fotonovela published by Almodóvar in an underground Madrid zine. The film’s episodic plot expresses the movida’s revolution in social and sexual attitudes by tracing the various indignities suffered and inflicted by its eponymous heroines: a rape victim, a masochistic housewife and a lesbian punk rocker. Made on a shoestring and shot in 16mm with help from Almodóvar’s many friends from across Madrid’s various underground movements, Pepi, Luci, Bom…  offers a refreshing irreverence towards sexuality and social mores that recalls the 1970s films of John Waters.