Product Details

• Actors: Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé, Anna Lizaran, Mayrata O'Wisiedo
• Directors: Pedro Almodóvar
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: Spanish
• Subtitles: English
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: April 3, 2001
• Run Time: 113 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302530148
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,342 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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 aņo 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

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

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...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almodrama, March 9, 2004

By	R Jess "Raymond Jess" (Limerick, Ireland.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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!)