Two girl detectives known as "Labios Rojos" ("Red Lips") outwit both criminals and a bumbling police inspector.Two girl detectives known as "Labios Rojos" ("Red Lips") outwit both criminals and a bumbling police inspector.Two girl detectives known as "Labios Rojos" ("Red Lips") outwit both criminals and a bumbling police inspector.
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Antonio Jiménez Escribano
- Alexis Kalman
- (as A. Jiménez Escribano)
Luis Meiral
- Policía
- (as Luis Meyral)
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- ConnectionsReferenced in Franco Noir (2021)
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Excellent Early Film By Tio Jess.
The second effort of Jess Franco as director has everything to please any Francophile. As its predecessor, "Tenemos 18 Años", this film has many of the director's obsessions.
Once again, we have two beautiful young girls as the leads, with the gorgeous Isana Medel making her second and (sadly) last appearance in a Jess movie. Rumor has it that the director didn't like her perfornance, which would have led him to break up their love relationship!!! With all respect to Jess, but I can't disagree more with him in this aspect, because Isana is perfect.
The plot is pure Jess Franco. What could be more Francoan than a story about two beautiful female detectives investigating the case of a stolen diamond after all? This formula would be reused in many other movies throughout his career, with the last one being the terrible "Red Silk" (1999).
In "Labios Rojos", Jess utilizes for the first time the character names Kallman, Radeck and Moroni, something that would be kind of a mania in his cinema. There is also the first reference to a nightclub called Flamingo. Nightclub performances are explored for the second time here, with Lina Canalejas, Isana Medel and Ana Castor doing the job. Do you want one more Franco trademark? What about a police inspector having to deal with conflicting testimonies by different witnesses? In this case, the inspector (played by Manolo Moran) is unusually efficient.
The only two things that are missing are zooms and eroticism, but those two elements are absent in some of his 70s and 80s projects too.
Technically, the film is full of style, with some striking unusual camera angles and a black-and-white photography reminiscent of the film noir genre. Still about the photography, it seems that Emilio Foriscot didn't actually work in this movie, another typical trademark of Jess cinema that makes its debut here.
According to Alain Petit and Stephen Thrower, "Labios Rojos" suffered from financial irregularities, with unpaid crew members walking off the set in protest! Probably, as a result of this, its releasing was delayed.
I really hope more fans of the director give the attention that this film deserves.
Once again, we have two beautiful young girls as the leads, with the gorgeous Isana Medel making her second and (sadly) last appearance in a Jess movie. Rumor has it that the director didn't like her perfornance, which would have led him to break up their love relationship!!! With all respect to Jess, but I can't disagree more with him in this aspect, because Isana is perfect.
The plot is pure Jess Franco. What could be more Francoan than a story about two beautiful female detectives investigating the case of a stolen diamond after all? This formula would be reused in many other movies throughout his career, with the last one being the terrible "Red Silk" (1999).
In "Labios Rojos", Jess utilizes for the first time the character names Kallman, Radeck and Moroni, something that would be kind of a mania in his cinema. There is also the first reference to a nightclub called Flamingo. Nightclub performances are explored for the second time here, with Lina Canalejas, Isana Medel and Ana Castor doing the job. Do you want one more Franco trademark? What about a police inspector having to deal with conflicting testimonies by different witnesses? In this case, the inspector (played by Manolo Moran) is unusually efficient.
The only two things that are missing are zooms and eroticism, but those two elements are absent in some of his 70s and 80s projects too.
Technically, the film is full of style, with some striking unusual camera angles and a black-and-white photography reminiscent of the film noir genre. Still about the photography, it seems that Emilio Foriscot didn't actually work in this movie, another typical trademark of Jess cinema that makes its debut here.
According to Alain Petit and Stephen Thrower, "Labios Rojos" suffered from financial irregularities, with unpaid crew members walking off the set in protest! Probably, as a result of this, its releasing was delayed.
I really hope more fans of the director give the attention that this film deserves.
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- paulofullmoon
- Jan 30, 2023
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