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The Queen of the Night (1994)

The Queen of the Night (1994)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 1994, September 7
Directors: Arturo Ripstein
Countries: France, Mexico, United States of America
Production: Ultra Films, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Entertainment Artists, El Tenampa Filmworks, Les Films du Nopal, Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica, Universidad de Guadalajara, Producciones Amaranta, Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano
Cast: Ana Ofelia Murguía, Roberto Sosa, Alberto Estrella, Luisa Huertas, Verónica Langer, Marta Aura, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Blanca Guerra, Juan Carlos Colombo, Álvaro Carcaño, Mara Escalante, Guillermo Gil

Overview:

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.