---
title: 'High Heels (1991)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pedro Almodóvar'
released: '1991-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/high-heels-1991'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103030/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# High Heels (1991)

1991 · 110 min · Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance · France, Spain

Original title: Tacones lejanos

## Synopsis

High Heels is a 1991 melodrama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes and Miguel Bosé. The plot follows the fractured relationship between a self-involved mother, a famous torch singer, and her grown daughter she had abandoned as a child. The daughter, who works as a television newscaster, has married her mother's ex-lover and has befriended a female impersonator. A murder further complicates this web of relationships.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Agustín Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/agustin-almodovar)
- **Director:** [Pedro Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-almodovar)
- **Screenplay:** [Pedro Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-almodovar)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ryuichi Sakamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryuichi-sakamoto)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alfredo F. Mayo](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfredo-f-mayo)
- **Editor:** [José Salcedo](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-salcedo)

## Cast

- [Nacho Martínez](https://cinepixo.com/people/nacho-martinez)
- [Bibiana Fernández](https://cinepixo.com/people/bibiana-fernandez)
- [Marisa Paredes](https://cinepixo.com/people/marisa-paredes)
- [Javier Bardem](https://cinepixo.com/people/javier-bardem)
- [Pedro Díez del Corral](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-diez-del-corral)
- [Féodor Atkine](https://cinepixo.com/people/feodor-atkine)
- [Agustín Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/agustin-almodovar)
- [Victoria Abril](https://cinepixo.com/people/victoria-abril)
- [Anna Lizaran](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-lizaran)
- [Cristina Marcos](https://cinepixo.com/people/cristina-marcos)
- [Míriam Díaz Aroca](https://cinepixo.com/people/miriam-diaz-aroca)
- [Miguel Bosé](https://cinepixo.com/people/miguel-bose)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/high-heels-1991
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