High Heels

Original title: Tacones lejanos

1991
18
1h 52m

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A singer returns after 15 years abroad to perform in Madrid and finds her 27 y.o. daughter married to one of her mom's ex-lovers.A singer returns after 15 years abroad to perform in Madrid and finds her 27 y.o. daughter married to one of her mom's ex-lovers.A singer returns after 15 years abroad to perform in Madrid and finds her 27 y.o. daughter married to one of her mom's ex-lovers.

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7.0/10

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Awards
- 10 wins & 8 nominations

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Victoria Abril

Rebeca Giner

Marisa Paredes

Becky del Páramo

Miguel Bosé

Juez Domínguez…

Anna Lizaran

Margarita
(as Ana Lizaran)

Mayrata O'Wisiedo

Madre del Juez Domínguez
(as Mairata O'Wisiedo)

Cristina Marcos

Paula

Féodor Atkine

Manuel Giner
(as Feodor Atkine)

Pedro Díez del Corral

Alberto

Bibiana Fernández

Susana
(as Bibi Andersen)

Nacho Martínez

Juan

Miriam Díaz-Aroca

Isabel

Lupe Barrado

Luisa

Juan José Otegui

Capellán Hospital
(as Juan Jose Otegui)

Paula Soldevila

Enfermera Hospital

Javier Bardem

Regidor T.V.

Gabriel Garbisu

Realizador T.V.

Eva Siva

Tata
(as Eva Siba)

Montse García Romeu

Maquilladora 1.ª
(as Montse G.ª Romeu)

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Trivia
The pink Chanel dress that Rebecca (Victoria Abril) wears in a part of this film is the same one worn by La Agrado (Antonia San Juan) in "Todo Sobre Mi Madre".

Goofs
The phone that rings after Rebecca comes home after getting out of jail is muted, yet it rings.

Quotes
Becky del Páramo: My daughter, Do you hate me?
Rebeca: No , I love you very much mother.
Becky del Páramo: I was afraid you hated me.
Rebeca: I hated you sometimes, but even on those times I never stop loving you.

Connections
Featured in Que le meilleur gagne: Emission du 20/11/1993 - Spécial Télévision (1993)

Soundtracks
Pecadora
Performed by Los Hermanos Rosario
Kubaney Records - Kubaney Publishing Inc., Miami, Florida

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7/10

An Unusual Romance

A girl's mother returns after fifteen years to find her daughter has married one of her (the mother's) old boyfriends. They try to mend their broken mother/daughter relationship and deal with their common lover.

Roger Ebert said that "Pedro Almodóvar's films are an acquired taste, and with High Heels I am at last beginning to acquire it." I can understand this. Some of his work I like an some I think is just alright. This film happens to be one I liked, combining the Almodovar use of color with some interesting plot and character twists.

I do not recall if I have seen Douglas Sirk's "Imitation of Life", which this film was in part inspired by. Either way, it makes me want to see it now because Sirk was one of the best of his generation and it is no wonder he has inspired so many (though mostly in Europe, it seems).