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The Queen of the Night
The legendary life of Mexican singer Lucha Reyes is the basis of this fictionalized biography ( or as director Arturo Ripstein puts it "an imaginary biography"). Lucha Reyes was an unconventional, and sexually liberated woman, most famous for her "cancion ranchera" style singing. Her story begins in 1939, where at 33 she still lived at home with her mother, Dona Victora, the madame of a renowned Mexico City whorehouse. Lucha marries the liberal Pedro Calderon and then buys a beggar's daughter. She becomes the mother to this child, Luzma. Lucha craves lasting love like junkies crave heroin. But for her loyal daughter, she never finds it and in the end no one can help her.
Cast
- Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Lucha Reyes
- Alberto Estrella as Pedro Calderón
- Blanca Guerra as La Jaira
- Ana Ofelia Murguía as Doña Victoria
- Alex Cox as Klaus Eder
- Arturo Alegro as Oñate
- Alejandra Montoya as Luzma
- Marta Aura as Balmori
- Roberto Sosa as Gimeno
- Juan Carlos Colombo as Araujo
- Guillermo Gil as Gato Linares
- Max Kerlow as Serge
Details
- Director
- Arturo Ripstein
- Released
- September 7, 1994
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Studio
- Ultra Films, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía and Entertainment Artists
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.0 / 10 from 13 votes
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