A shy young woman takes a job at the glamorous Tabarín nightclub, only to be mistaken for a dazzling star by an eager talent scout. As she’s swept into a world of fame and fantasy, romantic complications and comic misunderstandings follow. This lighthearted Spanish musical comedy sparkles with charm, mistaken identity, and the magic of unexpected transformation.
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La reina del Tabarín is an undemanding rags-to-riches story with a sweet centre. … In light of Jess Franco’s later career it’s something of an aberration, shot in a staid, bourgeois style that lacks many of the director’s signature touches, but it’s worth a look to see him helming a mainstream movie, and a musical at that, so early in his career. … Lacking the avant-garde flourishes of Tenemos 18 años or the stylish noir chic of Labios rojos, the film relies heavily on dialogue to move things along. In future productions Franco would show a greater and greater aptitude for visual storytelling…
Stephen Thrower, Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco, Volume One (Strange Attractor Press, 2020)
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