The Queen of the Night
1994 · Movie · 110 min. · Mexico
La Reina de la noche is the "imaginary biography" of Mexican popular singer Lucha Reyes. Filmed entirely in sequence-shots, the story concentrates in the singer's stormy relationship with her mother (the madam of a brothel). While Lucha's career is successful, her personal life drives her to alcohol, solitude and eventually to suicide.
Direction Arturo Ripstein
Cast Patricia Reyes Spíndola · Alberto Estrella · Blanca Guerra · Ana Ofelia Murguía · Arturo Alegro · Mayra Sérbulo · Marta Aura · Roberto Sosa · Juan Carlos Colombo · Guillermo Gil · Alex Cox · Alejandra Montoya
Soundtrack Lucía Alvarez
Screenplay Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Cinematography Bruno de Keyzer
Original title La reina de la noche
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