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.
Directed by Arturo Ripstein
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TrailerLa reina de la noche Arturo Ripstein 1994
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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
Socorro Avelar
Pulque Saleswoman
Odiseo Bichir
Bernal
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