The Queen of the Night
1994, Spanish. Directed by Arturo Ripstein.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 7 September 1994
- Original title
- La reina de la noche
- Country
- Mexico, France, United States of America
- Written by
- Paz Alicia Garciadiego, Paula Markovitch, Ignacio Ortiz
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The Queen of the Night isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 September 1994. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Queen of the Night?
The Queen of the Night (1994) was directed by Arturo Ripstein and stars Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Alberto Estrella, Blanca Guerra.