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Las Chicas del Tanga
Thong Girls
Spain 1987
produced by Manacoa Films
directed by Rosa Almirall (= Lina Romay)
starring Lina Romay, Eva León, Silvia Montez (= Muriel Montossé), Analía Ivars, Juana Plaza, Gina, Antonio Mayans, Juan Cózar (= Juan Soler), José Llamas, Agustín Gil, Ramón R. Garci (= Ramón Rodríguez), Flavia Mayans, Vanessa De la Morena, Ivana Mayans
written by Jess Franco, music by Fernando García Morcillo
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Ordinarily a sleepy coastal town, Benidorm comes alive each summer,
luring tourists from all over the world to its sunny beaches - and these
are the loosely interwoven stories of some of them:
- There's singing sensation Lola Clavijo (Lina Romay), who much to the
dismay of her secretary Marga (Eva León) seems to fall for every man
she meets, the richer the better - only this one, an alledged marquis
(José Llamas), is only after her money and ultimately robs her blind
...
- There's Dutch tourist Philip (Juan Soler), who has come to Benidorm
to study the city's architecture, who stumbles into (or rather is
stumbled into by) skater girl Ana at every corner - much to his
dismay, until he notices how lovely she is ...
- There's also womanizer Tony (Antonio Mayans) who tries to get French
tourist Muriel (Muriel Montossé) into his bed, but she takes her time
to warm up fo him - but when she does she moves way too fast for his
liking ...
- Then there's bodybuilder Paco, who helps out a girl who has just her
job and her home - at first out of pure selflessness. But the two
quickly warm up to one another - until Paco finds out she's actually
trans ...
- And finally there's Juana, who hasn't heard from her husband in
years, only to learn he's performing in town that night - and she's
shocked he's actually a drag performer ...
Given the title that promises girls in thongs and the fact that
director/star Lina Romay has directed and starred in her fair share of
hardcore porn movies in the 1980s and writer Jess Franco (also Lina's
mentor, boyfriend and later husband) was responsible for a lot of sleaze
during the era as well (often starring Lina), this is a surprisingly
unraunchy erotic comedy. Sure, there's some nudity and one short sex
scene, but mostly it's just a harmless comedy, with its humour of the
hit-and-miss variety. Lina herself is pretty hilarious in it though, as is
Antonio Mayans, though granted they've been given the funniest roles, the
rest of the cast is rather mediocre to quite ok, in a film that's actually
hardly memorable, but at least sometimes fun to watch.
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