High Heels (film)
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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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High Heels (Spanish: Tacones lejanos[1]) 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.
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[edit] Plot
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.
[edit] Soundtrack
The songs for the soundtrack were done by Spanish singer Luz Casal, and it produced two of her greatest hits: "Piensa en mí" and "Un año de amor".
The score was composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, but the music over the opening credits is "Saeta", by Gil Evans, from Sketches of Spain.
[edit] Awards
- 1991 César Award
- 1992 Sant Jordi Award -- Best Spanish Actress
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ The Spanish title ("Distant Heels") is a reference to Raoul Walsh's 1951 film Distant Drums (Tambores lejanos in Spain).
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