![The Queen of the Night Poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//bjyKjbLSr09LGnslCitKpsC5Kfh.jpg)
The Queen of the Night
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September 7, 1994
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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.
Featured Crew
Arturo Ripstein
Director
Carlos Aguilar
Sound
René Villareal
Assistant Director
Cast
![Patricia Reyes Spíndola](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//2f971sKYkQETqZyFN2ULEZ1SwP.jpg)
Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Lucha Reyes
![Alberto Estrella](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//mbzQRSMSjGFl0CWdI9pG6fNn2L.jpg)
Alberto Estrella
Pedro Calderón
![Blanca Guerra](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//gKW1LRZMHoRorLhFBAAhwvzxtFF.jpg)
Blanca Guerra
La Jaira
![Ana Ofelia Murguía](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//rjlxNNR3t2BXDm1yjXLHx5489cV.jpg)
Ana Ofelia Murguía
Doña Victoria
![Alex Cox](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//z6EfePu3eDjgvws8IiwzYqzD1Wr.jpg)
Alex Cox
Klaus Eder