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.
Cast
Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Lucha Reyes
Alberto Estrella
Pedro Calderón
Blanca Guerra
La Jaira
Ana Ofelia Murguía
Doña Victoria
Alex Cox
Klaus Eder
Arturo Alegro
Oñate
Alejandra Montoya
Luzma
Marta Aura
Balmori
Roberto Sosa
Gimeno
Juan Carlos Colombo
Araujo
Guillermo Gil
Gato Linares
Max Kerlow
Serge
Socorro Avelar
Pulque Saleswoman
Odiseo Bichir
Bernal
Verónica Langer
Marga
Mara Escalante
Angelina
Luisa Huertas
Beggar
Álvaro Carcaño
Magdaleno
Maya Mishalska
Mujer
Mayra Sérbulo
Unknown
Adalberto Parra
Policía
Crew
Arturo Ripstein
Director
Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Writer
Rafael Castanedo
Editor
Federico García
Cinematography
Bruno de Keyzer
Cinematography
Sergio Muñoz
Assistant Director
René Villareal
Assistant Director
Jeremiah Chechick
Executive Producer
Roberto Cecchini
Executive Producer
Agnes Lacor
Executive Producer
Jean-Michel Lacor
Producer
Gregory Maya
Producer
Michael Donnelly
Associate Producer
Juan Cristobal Pérez Grobet
Camera Operator
Graciela Mazón
Costume Design
Esperanza Gómez
Hair Designer
Lola Picó
Makeup Artist
Carlos Aguilar
Sound
José Luis Aguilar
Set Decoration, Art Designer
Ángeles Martínez
Set Decoration
Eduardo Corona
Set Decoration
Tomas Owen
Art Designer
