La Reina del Sur (telenovela)
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| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | Nicolás Castañares |
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La Reina del Sur by Arturo Pérez-Reverte |
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| Story by | Arturo Pérez-Reverte |
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| Narrated by | Kate del Castillo |
| Theme music composer | Bello Jaimes Teodoro |
| Opening theme | "La Reina del Sur" performed by Los Cuates de Sinaloa |
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| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 63 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Patricio Wills |
| Producer(s) | Ángel Ossorio |
| Cinematography | Alejandro García W |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
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| Audio format | Stereophonic sound |
| First shown in | United States |
| Original release | 28 February – 30 May 2011 |
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| Related shows | Queen of the South |
La Reina del Sur (lit. The Queen of the South) is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the American television network Telemundo, in conjunction with the Antena 3 network and RTI Producciones. Based on a novel of the same name by Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte, the drama depicts the rise of Teresa Mendoza (Kate del Castillo), a young woman from Mexico who becomes the most powerful drug trafficker in southern Spain. La Reina del Sur was nominated for Novela of the Year, Favorite Lead Actress, and Best Bad Luck Video. With a $10 million budget it is the second most expensive telenovela ever produced by Telemundo, the first being El Señor de los Cielos. An English language remake, Queen of the South, premiered in June 2016 on USA Network, starring Alice Braga.
La Reina del Sur is the story of Teresa Mendoza (Kate del Castillo), a 23-year-old woman who is living with her boyfriend, "El Güero" (Rafael Amaya), a drug trafficker and rising star in the Sinaloa cartel. El Güero has been dabbling in his own trade, which is starting to cut into the cartel's profits, and is killed on the order of Epifanio Vargas (Humberto Zurita), the leader of the cartel. Teresa receives a phone call telling her to run. Teresa is unaware that El Güero's death was ordered by Vargas, mistakenly believing that he was killed by rivals in the organization. She trades El Güero's business ledger to Vargas in exchange for his help fleeing the country.
Arriving in Spain, Teresa is referred to work for Dris Larby, a businessman and low-level underworld operator in the Spanish enclave of Melilla on the North African coast. On the ferry, she meets Fátima Mansur, a prostitute who works at Driss' bar "El Yamilla." Teresa proves herself to be an invaluable asset by balancing Driss' books every night. Teresa meets Santiago Fisterra (Iván Sanchez), a Galician ("El Gallego") who works smuggling black market goods such as cigarettes across the strait of Gibraltar into Spain, and his friend Lalo. Teresa and Santiago begin dating, while Lalo dates Teresa's coworker Soraya. Knowing that Santiago is unhappy working the small time, Teresa arranges with Colonel Abdelkader Chaïb (Eduardo Velasco) to get Santiago into the hashish trade. The trade provides huge profits, and Teresa and Santiago move to Málaga.
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