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Another
journey into the madness and broken families for our Jesús Franco, who this
time sets the story in Greece, between sun and Hellenic music. Actually, shot
in Alicante "Les Nuits de brûlantes Linda" is an exercise in style,
pointing more to the aesthetic of the images than to tell a story. A small and
reliable cast, few external colored scenes and dark and sinister interior ones.
However, the whole works only occasionally, and maybe it is the fault of the
repetition of the theme or perhaps because not everything turns out as it
should even to the best one. "Les Nuits de brûlantes Linda" with its
good porn version doesn’t give us the pathos of a film like "Eugenie"
or the anxiety of "La nuit des etoiles filantes" or the extreme
provocation of "Lorna the exorciste" "Voodoo Passion" or
"Doriana Grey". In addition, extending the concept there is not the
horror of "Gritos En la Noche". In this film there is something
missing, a lack a little 'filled by some suggestive moments of direction
(backlight dialogue between the two protagonists), several games between light
and dark, and as we said, an excellent cast who does his duty.
Alice Arno
as well as being the narrator is a great shoulder of Lina Romay and Paul Muller
the real protagonists of the story, although Linda of the title is not the
beautiful Spanish actress. “Mais qui donc a viole Linda?”Is the book that Alice
Arno is reading at the end of the film, a title that is a direct reference to
the focus of the story, with Khunne, known pseudonym of Franco, which refers
directly to "Gritos En la Noche".
The
literature, as stated by Franco, is a source of inspiration. To be precise, the
Spanish director cites James Joyce and his "Ulysses" with the
introspective journey of the characters. Comparison perhaps exaggerated
considering we're talking about a sexploitation but we must say in his defense
that "Les Nuits de brûlantes Linda" is a product by ''Eurocine"
that certainly point more commercial aspect, than intellectual for its films.
A circular
structure suspended between dream and reality tells us the story of
Marie-France (Alice Arno) which flies from Paris to Greece to assist Linda, the
paralytic daughter of the rich Paul Steiner (Paul Muller) who becomes Radeck,
in the American version. However, in the house there is also Olivia (Lina
Romay) nymphomaniac nephew of Mr.Radeck/Steiner. Complete the family a dumb
butler. The arrival of Marie-France seems to blow up the dark psychological
aspect of the characters and reveals the many sinister aspects of
Radeck/Steiner family. Reduced to an extras Linda a (Veronica Llimera) leaves
all the eroticism to the couple Arno/Romay who naturally does not disappoint.