SPAIN · 1991

High Heels

Pedro Almodóvar
Spanish Cinema Post-Franco mother daughter relationships identity and reinvention infidelity and betrayal fame and performance murder mystery
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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...

Year1991
CountrySpain
DirectorPedro Almodóvar
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