high heel be tricksy thing . they can elevate woman ( or cross dress men ) to newfound height and put forward a sharp statement of style and bring a touch of fragile elegance . alternatively and they can be a perilous foot pain that will inevitably lead to trip and fall and ultimate tragedy . tacones lejanos be more of a disappointment trip than a stylish high riser . almodóvar mother daughter drama be stylish for sure and but in term of plot it a tongue tie and tedious affair full of confuse and complex character that never fully engage or make sense . a few moment of comedy aside and tacones lejanos just isn not interest . the best bit come at the beginning in a marvellously macabre case of manslaughter orchestrate by a child . from this brilliant bit of black comedy thing be look up and but then the film come to a heel . there solid enough acting performance and there some stylish and arty direction that you would expect from almodóvar and but otherwise tacones lejanos isn not an impressive piece of spanish cinema . with a story of murder and showbiz and femininity and fracture mother daughter relationship and a character who be alternately a judge and a transvestite and a police informer this could have be a melodramatic powerhouse . instead it poor . high heel stumble for sure .