Tacones lejanos
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| Directed by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Produced by | Agustín Almodóvar, Enrique Posner |
| Written by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Starring | Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes Miguel Bosé |
| Distributed by | Miramax (USA) |
| Release date(s) | October 23, 1991 |
| Running time | 112 min |
| Language | Spanish Spanish Sign Language |
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Tacones lejanos (English: High Heels) is a 1991 Spanish film, written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Marisa Paredes and Victoria Abril. As with many Almodóvar films, it is difficult to pin down to a convenient genre, varying between a drama and a thriller and making use of surrealism, farce, and comedy.
The plot involves a mother (played by Marisa Paredes) and her daughter (Victoria Abril), and a strange murder committed by Abril and caused by her possessive mother. Rebecca's husband was her mother's first love- diva "Becky del Páramo". Mother and daughter come against one another right after the husband is murdered. At nights, the judge in charge of the case (Miguel Bosé) is a drag queen himself, a Becky impersonator.
The soundtrack was done by Spanish singer Luz Casal, and it produced two of her greatest hits: "Piensa en Mi" and "Un Ano de Amor".
[edit] Awards
- 1991 César Award
- 1992 Sant Jordi Award -- Best Spanish Actress
Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980) • Laberinto de pasiones (1982) • Entre tinieblas (1983) • ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (1984) • Matador (1986) • La ley del deseo (1987) • Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) • ¡Átame! (1990) • Tacones lejanos (1991) • Kika (1993) • La flor de mi secreto (1995) • Carne trémula (1997) • Todo sobre mi madre (1999) • Hable con ella (2002) • La mala educación (2004) • Volver (2006)
