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Beauties of the Night (2016)

Beauties of the Night poster
Original title
Bellas de noche
Directed by
Maria Jose Cuevas
Genre
documentary film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This documentary follows five Mexican showgirls from the 1970s and 1980s years after their fame faded. It shows their past glory, their lives now, and their effort to find a new place in the world.

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What happens

Beauties of the Night (in Spanish Bellas de noche) is a 2016 Mexican documentary film. It is the first production of the filmmaker María José Cuevas. The film shows a glimpse of the glory, sunset and resurgence of five of the main showgirls (vedettes) that triumphed in Mexico in the decades of the 1970s and 1980s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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