The Queen of the Night

Original title: La reina de la noche

Arturo Ripstein/ Mexico - USA - France/ Spanish/ 1993/ Colour/ 35 mm/ 120 minutes

The film is a fictional biography of a Mexican folk singer, Lucha Reves. Lucha Reves is leaving Berlin, Germany, after an incident with the Nazis. She led to her fatherland Mexico and succeeds in remaking her career.

Director: Arturo Ripstein

Producer: Jean-Michel Lacor

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, María Marcucci

Writer: Paz Alicia Garciadiego

Cinematographer: Bruno de Keyzer

Editor: Rafael Castanedo