De Cinema x MoMu x EUROPALIA: Tacones lejanos

Following the audiovisual installation RESOLUCIÓN: On lifetime decisions in Spanish cinema, De Cinema and EUROPALIA present a film cycle of the same name, featuring seven remarkable films from Spain, the guest country of EUROPALIA 2025. Each film revolves around a single colour. Each colour reveals something about womanhood and the era in which the film was made. Red pulses vividly through Spanish films as a symbol of blood, revenge, and passion. It is an intense colour that often signifies drama and conflict.

Rebeca’s husband was once the great love of her mother, the diva “Becky del Páramo.” When he is murdered, mother and daughter reunite. The judge handling the case is, by night, a drag queen who impersonates Becky.

No filmmaker has portrayed passion, jealousy, and vengeance like Pedro Almodóvar, and he has done so with a light, humorous tone that is entirely his own. With Tacones lejanos, the Manchegan director launched his passion for the most kitsch melodrama, a path already explored by contemporary filmmakers present in the video installation RESOLUCIÓN: On lifetime decisions in Spanish cinema, such as Vicente Aranda in Amantes (1991) or Bigas Luna in Jamón, Jamón (1992), or a new generation that has carried on his legacy, like Ramón Salazar with Sunday's Illness (2018) and in a more postmodern and contemporary version by Andrea Jaurrieta in Nina (2024).