Lina Romay
1954 - 2012She took the name Lina Romay from the actress and jazz artist from the 1940s. Although Romay was listed in the credits of several of Franco's films as a co-director, actor Antonio Mayans stated in a recent interview that Franco used to credit her in that manner for business reasons, although she never actually co-directed any of their films together. She did however contribute occasional story ideas and assist in the editing of some films and trailers.
Lina Romay and Jesús Franco lived as a couple for close to four decades, but only officially married on April 25, 2008. She died from cancer at the age of 57 on 15 February 2012, in Málaga, Spain. Franco died soon after in 2013.
Llámale Jess Redux
Manel Mayol, Carles Prats
Jesús Franco, Lina Romay
Jesus Franco, also known as Jess Franco, was one of the most important names in "B" cinema worldwide. With more than 200 works and a wide and peculiar use of pseudonyms, his work remains difficult to catalog, which makes it more exciting if it fits. Through a series of interviews with Franco, "Llámale Jess Redux" brings the spectator closer to the sadist, esoteric and erotic world of the director, as refined as rogue. This new version of "Llámale Jess" (2000), considered the reference documentary on Franco, and directed by Carles Prats and Manel Mayol, incorporates new unpublished statements by the irreducible Madrid filmmaker, as well as paying homage to his muse and companion, Lina Romay , Incorporating his active presence to the story.
Call Me Jess Redux
Esclavas del crimen
Jesús Franco
Marco Moriarty, Lina Romay
Tsai Chin, the daughter of the infamous Fu Manchu, controls a large empire of vice in her part of the Far East. She decides to kidnap and, through erotic chemical hypnosis, coerce all the members of a fabulously wealthy international rock band to sign over all their possessions to her empire. But an old enemy of Fu Manchu's begins stalking around her operation and threatens to destroy everything she has built.
Slave of Crime
Los blues de la calle Pop (Aventuras de Felipe Malboro, volumen 8)
Jesús Franco
Antonio Mayans, Lina Romay
Mary Ocky, a beautiful girl from Mondonedo, Ohio, comes to seek the help of the famous PI Philip Marlboro in order to find her boyfriend Macho Jim who went missing three months earlier under obscure circumstances. Marlboro’s investigations take him to Shit City, a grim place devoured by sin and corruption where punk gangs have taken over.
The Blues of Pop Street
Vaya luna de miel
Jesús Franco
Lina Romay, Emilio Álvarez
Two newlyweds, Yolanda, an adventurer, and Simón, a young bookworm, travel to Banana Island, where they enjoy the days of wine and roses of their honeymoon until a particularly ridiculous dying man gives them a simple scrap of paper, thus putting into motion a crazy treasure hunt, as fun and erotic as it is dangerous. (Filmed in 1979, lost around January 1980 and found by chance in 2018, in the vaults of the Spanish Film Archive.)
What a Honeymoon
Aberraciones sexuales de una mujer casada
Jesús Franco
Muriel Montossé, Antonio Mayans
Cecilia is a haughty aristocrat who likes to humiliate her servants. One day, her life changes completely as she is raped by three of her servants. The experience turns out to be an enjoyable one as it turns Cecilia into sexually liberated woman. She convinces her husband that seeing other people will improve their relationship. But after a while, this erotic life seems to have a downside.
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
Juego Sucio en Casablanca
Jesús Franco
William Berger, Analía Ivars
Dean, a failed American writer, receives some unexpected news: his wife, who belongs to a wealthy family, has filed for divorce. Stunned, he decides to commit suicide. His initial attempt fails when he has second thought. But during a drunken blackout spent gambling he wins big and promises all the winnings to the man who can kill him...but they must possess a special playing card.
Dirty Game in Casablanca
Faceless
Jesús Franco
Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie
A model named Barbara Hallen has disappeared and her father gets private detective Sam Morgan to go to Paris to find his daughter. Barbara's trail leads Morgan to a plastic surgery clinic owned by Dr. Flamand. Morgan's investigation reveals the horrifying secret behind the Doctor's miracle cures which is blood and organs taken from kidnapped young women. As Morgan's investigation closes witnesses are eliminated, one by one, each in a more horrible way.
Faceless
