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High Heels

1991 · 114 min

A lush, melodramatic swirl of mother-daughter obsession, dark secrets, and theatrical flair, balancing camp humour with genuine emotional pain.

Tagline: A mother, a daughter, a lover. Relationships can be murder.
Overview: After being estranged for 15 years, flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo re-enters her daughter Rebeca's life when she comes to perform a concert. Rebeca, she finds, is now married to one of Becky's ex-lovers, Manuel. The mother and daughter begin making up for lost time, when suddenly, a murder occurs...

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
obsession
betrayal
love
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	5
Realism	6
Romance	6
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, comedy, crime
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Written by: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé, Anna Lizaran, Mayrata O'Wisiedo, Cristina Marcos, Féodor Atkine, Pedro Díez del Corral
Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Cinematography: Alfredo Mayo
Runtime: 114 min
Country: Spain, France
Languages: Spanish

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