Film · 1991

High Heels

Name: High Heels
Genre: Drama
Released: 1991-10-23
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé, Anna Lizaran, Féodor Atkine

Original titleTacones lejanos

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · starring Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes and Miguel Bosé

1 h 53 min
R18
Drama
Spain France
Released in the UK 26 March 1992

6.1 AverageMovieNCo
6.3 Users7 votes
5.8 Critics3 reviews

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Synopsis

This drama of Pedro Almodóvar tells the story of Rebeca (Victoria Abril), who works for the Tv's network of his husband Manuel (Féodor Atkine). Manuel was a old boyfriend of Rebecka's mother, 'Becky of Wasteland', a big diva (Marisa Paredes). One day, when Manuel doesn't know yet that Becky and Rebeca are mother and daughter, the mother decides to come back to Madrid and resolve the problems with her daughter, which doesn't see since 15 years ago. The three people go to dinner together and then go to see to Femme Fatale called Lethal, a drag queen that imitates to Becky. After of this night, Manuel seems murdered and mother and daughter open a judical investigation with a lawyer (Miguel Bosé) that will turns out to be the drag queen imitator of 'Becky of Wasteland'.

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The essentials

Runtime: 113 min1 hour and 53 minutes
Budget: $1,710El Deseo
Rating: R18To be shown only in specially licensed cinemas to adults of not less than 18 years

How long is High Heels?: 1 hour and 53 minutes (113 minutes).
When was High Heels released in the UK?: It was released in the UK on 26 March 1992.
Who directed High Heels?: Pedro Almodóvar.
Who is in High Heels?: It stars Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé and Anna Lizaran.

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Cast

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Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writers: Pedro Almodóvar
Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Producers: Agustín Almodóvar

Photos and posters

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Reviews

All 3 reviews

6.3 7 votes

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What the critics say average 5.8 from 3 outlets

7.5 Roger EbertRoger Ebert "Like Sirk and Fassbinder, Almodovar finds humor in the deadpan depiction of reality, as in a scene where the daughter sits at an anchor desk and reports the death of her husband." Read
6.0 EmpireMat Snow "We get a mother-daughter murder melodrama even more farfetched than the Joan Crawford classic, Mildred Pierce, on which this would appear to be loosely based." Read
4.0 The Washington PostHal Hilson "The story, which features a murderous love triangle among a celebrity mom (Marisa Paredes), her resentful daughter (Victoria Abril), and the daughter's husband -- and the mother's former lover… Read