'' High Heels '' ( ) is a 1991 Spanish melodrama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Marisa Paredes , Victoria Abril and Miguel Bosé . The plot follows the fractured relationship between a self-involved mother who is a famous torch song singer and the grown daughter she had abandoned as a child . The daughter , who works as a TV newscaster , has married her mother 's ex-lover and has befriended a female impersonator . A murder further complicates this web of relationships . The film was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee
64th Academy Awards
64th Academy Awards
High Heels (1991 film)