The Queen of the Night (1994)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

Patricia Reyes Spíndola

Lucha Reyes

Alberto Estrella

Pedro Calderón

Blanca Guerra

La Jaira

Ana Ofelia Murguía

Doña Victoria

Alex Cox

Klaus Eder

Arturo Alegro

Oñate

Alejandra Montoya

Luzma

Marta Aura

Balmori

Roberto Sosa

Gimeno

Juan Carlos Colombo

Araujo

Guillermo Gil

Gato Linares

Max Kerlow

Serge

Director & Crew

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