Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
La reina de la noche (original title)
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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.
Toronto International Film Festival 1994
Cast: Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Alberto Estrella, Blanca Guerra, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Alex Cox, Arturo Alegro, Alejandra Montoya, Marta Aura, Roberto Sosa, Juan Carlos Colombo, Guillermo Gil, Max Kerlow, Socorro Avelar, Odiseo Bichir, Verónica Langer, Mara Escalante, Luisa Huertas, Álvaro Carcaño, Maya Mishalska, Mayra Sérbulo
Writer: Paz Alicia Garciadiego (Writer)
Cinematographer: Bruno de Keyzer, Federico García
Editor: Rafael Castanedo
Sound Designer: Carlos Aguilar
Costume Designer: Graciela Mazón
Direction team: René Villareal (Assistant Director), Sergio Muñoz (Assistant Director)
Producers: Jean-Michel Lacor, Gregory Maya, Roberto Cecchini
Production: Ultra Films, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Entertainment Artists, El Tenampa Filmworks
