High Heels (1991 film)
High Heels (Spanish: Tacones lejanos) is a 1991 melodrama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes and Miguel Bosé. The plot follows the fractured relationship between a self-involved mother, a famous torch singer, and her grown daughter she had abandoned as a child. The daughter, who works as a television newscaster, has married her mother's ex-lover and has befriended a female impersonator. A murder further complicates this web of relationships.
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| Spanish | Tacones lejanos |
| Directed by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Written by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Produced by | Agustín Almodóvar |
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| Cinematography | Alfredo Mayo |
| Edited by | José Salcedo |
| Music by | Ryuichi Sakamoto |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
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| Language | Spanish |
| Box office | $16 million (Spain/France/US) |
The film has the feel of other mother–daughter melodramas like Stella Dallas (1937), Mildred Pierce (1945), Imitation of Life (1959) and particularly Autumn Sonata (1978), which is quoted directly in the film.
Despite mixed reviews, the film was a commercial success. It was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.