{{short description|2010 film}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox film | name = The Lips | image = Los Labios.jpg | caption = | director = Iván Fund<br />Santiago Loza | producer = Iván Fund<br />Santiago Loza<br />Iván Eibuszyc | writer = Iván Fund<br />Santiago Loza | starring = Eva Bianco | music = | cinematography = María Laura Collasso | editing = Lorena Moriconi | distributor = Magic Lantern Films | released = {{Film date|2010|5|18}} | runtime = 100 minutes | country = Argentina | language = Spanish | budget = }} '''''The Lips''''' ({{langx|es|Los labios}}) is a 2010 Argentine drama film directed by Iván Fund and Santiago Loza. It was entered into the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/11023194/year/2010.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Lips |accessdate=2011-01-09 |work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
The film opened theatrically in the United States at Maysles Cinema in June, 2011 as part of the Documentary in Bloom series.<ref>{{cite web|last=Maysles Cinema|title=Documentary in Bloom|url=http://www.mayslesinstitute.org/cinema/documentaryinbloom.html}}</ref>
==Cast== * Eva Bianco * Raul Lagge * Victoria Raposo * Adela Sanchez
==Plot== The film follows a three women who deeply inhabit their cinematic roles as social workers interacting with members of an impoverished rural Argentine neighborhood. Facing poverty, the three move into makeshift living quarters in a run down hospital. They then begin the work of recording data on the needs of the community and getting to know each other, while trying to make their living quarters habitable, and still find time for an occasional night out.
==Awards== * 2010 Cannes Film Festival: Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress (Adela Sanchez, Eva Bianco, and Victoria Raposo)
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|1637694|The Lips}} * [https://movies.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/movies/the-lips-by-ivan-fund-and-santiago-loza-review.html New York Times Critic Pick! review]
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