La Reina del Sur
Carlos Bolado, 2011-2019
The Queen of the South
Arturo Pérez-Reverte, 2002
La Reina del Sur is a TV series directed by Carlos Bolado in 2011 and based on the book The Queen of the South by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, first published in 2002. The TV series features Kate del Castillo, Humberto Zurita, Alejandro Calva, Carmen Navarro, Raoul Bova, Isabella Sierra, and others.
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Storyline
The life of a narco queen is not easy. The higher you climb, the greater the fall, and Teresa Mendoza will have to be very careful not to plummet from the top. As she consolidates her power between attacks and betrayals, an old enemy from her native Mexico lurks in the shadows. The politician Epifanio Vargas knows that she keeps secrets that could ruin her entire career.
Movie vs Book
Year
2011
Minutes
378
Movie Rate
8.00
Source: IMDb
TV Series
La Reina del Sur
Director: Carlos Bolado
Country: Mexico
Year: 2011-2019
Length: 6h18m / 124 episodes
Year
2002
Pages
464
Book Rate
7.86
S: Goodreads
Book
The Queen of the South
Original title: La Reina del Sur
Author: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Country: Spain
First published in: 2002
Length: 464 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Series by M.A. Fortin, Joshua John Miller
User polls & recommendations
“Every adaptation has things you have to leave behind in service of creating a cinematic idea that embodies the essential values of the book.”
EDWARD NORTON (Actor, Filmmaker)
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