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| name          = Beauties of the Night
Breeskin rose to fame in the 1970s for her cabaret act, where she danced and shimmied in French-cut leotards while playing the violin. She became the headliner in the nightclub "Belvedere", located in the penthouse of the Hotel Continental. (It was previously known as the Hilton Hotel).[1] Her Hotel Continental nightclub act was based on a Las Vegas-style show that had numerous back-up dancers and a full show band to accompany Breeskin. The opening song for her show was "Todos Queremos Ver A Olga (We all Want to See Olga)". The television network Televisa, developed a 30-second TV commercial, where Olga wore a French-cut leotard with dangly sequined ribbon strips that flew away from her body as she spun around, she stopped, put her hand on her hip and with the other hand motioned "to come here." It was a lusty commercial for conservative Mexico. But Mexico was hypnotized with Breeskin's charms. For years, every night her performances were sold out. Nightclubs led to films. Her most recognizable movie was Nora la rebelde. She was considered for many years the number one female entertainer in Mexico. The Mexican press called her "The Number One" or "Super Olga". But the Hotel Continental was completely destroyed in the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.[2] In the 1990s, Breeskin appeared in some television programs and Mexican telenovelas, before moving to Las Vegas.
| image          = Beauties_of_the_Night_2016_poster.jpg
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| director      = María José Cuevas
| producer      = Manuel Alcalá<br>Juan Pablo Bastarrachea<br>Moisés Cosío<br>María José Cuevas<br>Gerardo Gatica<br>Alberto Muffelmann<br>Jaime Bernardo Ramos<br>Christian Valdelièvre
| writer        =
| starring      = [[Olga Breeskin]]<br>[[Lyn May]]<br>[[Rossy Mendoza]]<br>[[Wanda Seux]]<br>[[Princesa Yamal]]
| music          = Herminio Gutiérrez
| cinematography = María José Cuevas<br> Mark Powell
| editing        = Ximena Cuevas
| distributor    = CinePantera<br>Detalle Films
| released      = {{Film date|2016|09|12|Toronto|2016|11|26|México}}
| runtime        = 93 minutes
| country        = Mexico
| language      = Spanish
| budget        =
| gross          =
}}


'''''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 ([[Vedette (cabaret)|vedettes]]) that triumphed in Mexico in the decades of the 1970s and 1980s.
Currently Breeskin presently lives and works in Las Vegas, NV. She has a popular radio show and occasionally performs her nightclub act. On September 5, 2014 Breeskin performed for the Alonzo De Leon Middle School orchestra class. Honors students were delighted by her.


==Synopsis==
In 2016, Breeskin, along with other vedettes like Lyn May, Rossy Mendoza, Wanda Seux and Princesa Yamal, stars in the documentary film Beauties of the Night, by the filmmaker María José Cuevas.
They were the ''Queens of the Night'' in [[Mexico]] in the 1970's and 1980's. The names of the great [[vedette (cabaret)|vedette]]s illuminated the streets of Mexico City from the canopies of the big nightclubs, cabarets and theaters. But time passed. Nightlife changed in Mexico. New types of entertainment replaced them and the vedettes seemed to have been forgotten.


Today, more than forty years of its splendor in the country's nightlife, ''Beauties of the Night'' explores the lives of five of the top vedettes of the golden years: [[Olga Breeskin]], [[Lyn May]], [[Rossy Mendoza]], [[Wanda Seux]] and [[Princesa Yamal]]. The film shows the viewer a deeper facet of the current life of these five vedettes. Women who, despite the years and have taken their lives to the extreme, are full of life and with an enviable physical condition. Not only have they managed to reinvent themselves and survive in the show business, but also in life itself. Between laughter and tears, the film reflects the passage of years, emotions and personal challenges for the life of each of these women.<ref>[http://www.gatopardo.com/portafolio/medios/bellas-de-noche/ ''Gatopardo: Beauties of the Night, Ladies of the Mexican Pop Culture'']</ref>
Personal life
When she married a New York dancer, Joey Doucette, the Mexican press asked her why she married an American instead of Mexican. Her reply was, "A Mexican husband would never allow me to wear a postage-stamp size costume."[3][not specific enough to verify] Joey and Breeskin had one child, Alan. Later Breeskin opened a clinic for research and care for asthmatic children in Las Vegas, Nevada.


==Cast==
Conversion
* [[Olga Breeskin]]
After facing the death of her mother and falling in depression due to a life of addiction to alcohol, drugs, and gambling, in 2007, Breeskin attended a religious meeting and became a born again Christian. She has been sharing her testimony at Christian services ever since. Now she plays at Churches and Christian meetings. 03/23}}
* [[Lyn May]]
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* [[Rossy Mendoza]]
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* [[Wanda Seux]]
* [[Princesa Yamal]]
 
==Production==
The title of the documentary evokes the film ''Bellas de noche'', the first film of the so-called [[Mexican sex comedy|Cine de ficheras]], which dates back to 1975.
 
The idea of Cuevas to pay homage to these women arises from her childhood. Cuevas, daughter of the prestigious Mexican artist {{Wl|José Luis Cuevas}}, had contact with several of these women, who were friends of her father. Years later, Cuevas had a meeting with Princesa Yamal, who performed an Arab dance in front of her, giving her the idea of producing this documentary, whose realization lasted for a decade.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWcQETCFBEQ ''Beauties of the Night: Press conference in YouTube'']</ref> The film delivers an exercise in which the contrasts of time come to light and unveils what lies behind the stardom. You can appreciate an honest, dynamic and effective exercise in which remains the curiosity to know more details. Although the documentary came from the idea of paying homage to these women, the relationship between them and the filmmaker María José Cuevas, became so close that they became a family.<ref>[http://www.gatopardo.com/portafolio/medios/bellas-de-noche/ ''Gatopardo: Beauties of the Night, Ladies of the Mexican Pop Culture'']</ref> The vedettes [[Thelma Tixou]], [[Sasha Montenegro]] and [[Princesa Lea]] were also considered to participate in the documentary, refusing for various reasons. The last two appear in the final credits in the acknowledgments section. The film is also favored by an enriching archive material.
 
==Awards==
 
===Morelia International Film Festival===
 
* Best Mexican Documentary
* Best Mexican Documentary realized by a woman
* Best Mexican Feature film
 
===Los Cabos International Film Festival===
* Audience Award for a Mexican Documentary film
 
===Mexico City Awards===
* Best Film
 
===Panama International Film Festival===
* Best Documentary film
 
===Ariel Award===
 
* Best Film (Nominated)
* Best Mexican Documentary Film (Nominated)
* Best Edition (Nominated)
* Best First Production (Nominated)
 
===Other===
* International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - Official Selection.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=93749C88-73B3-4A9C-8AF6-F00EACDE0C0C |title=''Beauties of the Night in International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam'' |access-date=2016-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220193452/https://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=93749C88-73B3-4A9C-8AF6-F00EACDE0C0C |archive-date=2016-12-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Toronto Film Festival - Official Selection<ref>[http://www.tiff.net/films/beauties-of-the-night ''Beauties of the Night Review in the Toronto Film Festival'']</ref>
* Telluride Film Festival - Official Selection<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/news |title=''Beauties of the Night in the Telluride Film Festival list'' |access-date=2016-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905231706/http://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/news |archive-date=2017-09-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Cartagena of Indias International Film Festival - Official Selection<ref>[http://www.ficcifestival.com/pelicula.php?p=XG3C6fwm4KJn9egB1nwASvgCXG3C6fwm ''Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias: Beaties of the Night'']</ref>
* Palm Springs International Film Festival - Official selection<ref>[https://www.psfilmfest.org/2017-ps-film-festival/films/beauties-of-the-night ''Palm Springs International Film Festival: Beauties of the Night'']</ref>
* Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema - Official Selection<ref>[http://festivales.buenosaires.gob.ar/2017/bafici/index.xhtml?pagename=movie%26movie.exhibitiontitle%3DBellas+de+noche ''BAFICI 2017: Beauties of the Night'']</ref>
* Film Society of Lincoln Center - Special Projection<ref>[https://www.filmlinc.org/films/beauties-of-the-night/ ''Film Society Lincoln Center: Beauties of the Night'']</ref>
* Festival Cinema du Monde (Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia) - Official Selection<ref>[https://fcms.ca/films/9587-2/ ''Bellas de Noche in the Festival Cinema du Monde'']</ref>
* Mexico Now Festival New York -  Official Selection<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mexiconowfestival.org/event/bellas/ |title=''Bellas de Noche in Mexico Now Festival'' |access-date=2019-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124525/http://mexiconowfestival.org/event/bellas/ |archive-date=2019-02-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Imdb title|4958426}}
* [https://es-la.facebook.com/bellasdenochedocumental/ ''Official Facebook'']
* [https://twitter.com/bellasdenoche_ ''Official Twitter'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161129144632/http://ambulante.com.mx/es/mas/documental/bellas-de-noche ''Beauties of the Night in Ambulante.com'']
* [https://vimeo.com/158426034 ''Official Trailer'']
* [http://www.tiff.net/films/beauties-of-the-night ''Beauties of the Night Review in the Toronto Film Festival'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161220193452/https://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=93749C88-73B3-4A9C-8AF6-F00EACDE0C0C ''Beauties of the Night in International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam'']
 
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