the movie begin a with mentally challenge girl with bright yellow sneaker look skyward on a madrid street corner and be spellbind by a passing plane . the movie examine the life of five womenadela and leire and maricarmen and anita and isabelwho have completely different life and choice of shoe . their shoe be the first superficial and yet affix with some glance meaning and clue we get at their fragile identity . in a theatrically embroider and embellish way and a podiatrist try to esoterically reveal the deep secret of a woman souls by the sole of her foot . the premise be risky and slightly contrive and but the tone and depth of the movie take a daring plunge for the good . what may have be light hearted and superficial and quickly switch gear with the a superb dysfunctional couple scene that leave the viewer rivet for minute and see the love or lack thereof and the pain and the confusion and the hope and the need and escape mechanism develop through minute different room of the house and down to the street and eventually below . what a scene ( . ) and but there will be others a effective to follow and strengthen the strong characterization and direct display in this slice of life affair . move along and a woman have lose the husband she love and inherit his kid and his taxi and while another have completely lose her husband emotionally and sexually and intellectually and but not physically . a ghost and a pending divorce reproach and regret and remorse . a new love . can you love a mirage . can you love the person in the mirror . can you love someone you can not love . or think you can not love . can you love and live life even though it will always be somewhat hopeless . yet isn not it exactly these hope and dream that keep u here ground and in a spectrum of relative happiness . a lot of deep theme emerge and the final act bring people and idea together to coalesce in an existential crisis with no clear cut solution and definitive decision or effective healing . maybe a elusive thought and a fleeting feeling and but a lasting appreciation of life and of the artistry and intellect of the film . live . live again . rewind the reel . unveil the real and the important while the big stone ( piedras ) of life . the rest be just detail .