Product Details

• Actors: Anna Lizaran, Bibiana Fernández, Cristina Marcos, Féodor Atkine, Juan José Otegui
• Directors: Pedro Almodovar
• Producers: High Heels ( Tacones lejanos ), High Heels, Tacones lejanos
• Format: Import, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Universal
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000AYGC8U
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #130,748 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Germany released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), German ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN, SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Teaser(s), SYNOPSIS: Written and directed by Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almódovar, Tacones Lejanos is a murder mystery centering on flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo (Marisa Paredes) and her daughter Rebecca (Victoria Abril), a television anchorwoman. After being estranged for 15 years, Becky re-enters Rebecca's life when she comes to perform a concert. Rebecca, she finds, is now married to one of Becky's ex-lovers, Judge (Miguel Bose). As the mother and daughter begin making up for lost time, Judge suddenly turns up dead. Unfortunately, which of the ladies is responsible for the murder remains unclear, even after one of them confesses. Released in the U.S. under the title High Heels, Tacones Lejanos was nominated for several Goya Awards as well as the Best Foreign Language Film at the 1992 Golden Globes.
SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cartagena Film Festival, Ceasar Awards, Golden Globes, Goya Awards, ...High Heels ( Tacones lejanos )

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars BECKY DEL PARAMO E HIJA, November 24, 2001

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abel tapia (AREQUIPA, AREQUIP Peru) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Heels [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Although it's not a materpiece, a bit slow in some parts, every Almodovar film is always a gift for the senses, and Tacones Lejanos "High Heels" is not the exception. Exceptional acting performances by Victoria Abril and Marisa Paredes, amazing cinematography, marvelous songs by Luz Casal ("Un año de Amor" and the heartbreaking "Piensa En Mi"), funny impersonators secenes (Miguel Bose aka Letal), and a must-seen for all the fans of the House Of Chanel with big exposure of clothes, jewelry, bags, glasses (eraly 90s collections). At last, i recommend this film for just having a big time with this funny Almodovar.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pedro Almodovar love-hate styles, April 12, 1999

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[e-mail] (San Juan ,Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Heels [VHS] (VHS Tape)

One again we have Pedro Almodovar, a spanish director that mixes drama in very dark humor. Here we learn about the relationship of a mother and daughter after 16 years of departure from each other. Vanity, love and regrets are emotionally mixed in this "fun to watch" Spanish movies. There is also a participation of Miguel Bose, a famous spanish pop rocker in the enterpretation of a drag singer . Pedro Almodovar usually repeats his actors in his movies, Law of desire, Kika, Tie me up! tie me down! and Women on a verge of a nervous breakdown, among others. It's a good movie to watch but it is a very adult drama situation, rated R for adults. Enjoy...

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almodrama, March 9, 2004

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R Jess "Raymond Jess" (Limerick, Ireland.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High Heels [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Like all great Almodovar movies, traditional gender roles are subverted in 'High Heels'. In fact for WASP suburbanite America, much of this plot would seem like an episode of Jerry Springer. Mother abandons daughter for singing career, daughter marries mother's former lover, mother continues to have affair with son-in-law while daughter becomes pregnant through a night of passion with a drag queen. How ironic it is then that Almodovar takes much of his influence for this movie from Douglas Sirk. A director noted for his melodramas about late 50's/early 60's family life amongst WASP suburanites in America. In fact this meshing of a traditional film genre with more modern edgy characters has even been given a name - an Almodrama -.

The title 'High Heels' refers to the time when Rebecca was a child and couldn't sleep until she heard the high heels of her mother click-clacking her way home from work outside her bedroom window. Despite being abandoned by her mother, Rebecca never lets go of her love for her and tries all her life to be as 'good' as her in her life and in her loves.

While this movie was critically panned by many critics both in Spain and abroad, 'High Heels' went on to become the then, second highest-grossing film in Spanish history, ('Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown' being the first!)