Lola the Truck Driver | |
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Directed by | Raúl Fernández |
Written by | Carlos Valdemar Rolando Fernández |
Produced by | Gerardo Martinez Eugenio Nolasco Xavier Rezzo Fidel Valadez |
Starring | Rosa Gloria Chagoyán Rolando Fernández Irma Serrano |
Cinematography | Laura Ferlo |
Edited by | Jorge Rivera |
Music by | Jonathan Zarbaya Jonathan Zarzosa |
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Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Mexico |
Language | Spanish |
Lola the Truck Driver (Spanish:Lola la trailera) is a 1983 Mexican action film directed by Raúl Fernández and starring Rosa Gloria Chagoyán, Rolando Fernández and Irma Serrano.[1] After her father is murdered, a young woman begins driving his truck so it won't be repossessed. With the help of an undercover detective, she tackles a major drugs baron.
The film was a major commercial success on its release, earning $1 million in Mexico and $2.5 million in the United States. This represented a large profit for its backers who had spent $150,000 on the production.[2] Several sequels starring Rosa Gloria Chagoyán as Lola followed beginning with The Kidnapping of Lola in 1986, as well as other films that tried to copy its style.
Plot
[edit]Lola is the daughter of a truck driver who is killed by a drug gang after he refuses to smuggle drugs across the US-Mexico border. Lola inherits the truck, and seeks justice by fighting the gang with the assistance of an undercover agent.
Cast
[edit]- Rosa Gloria Chagoyán as Lola Chagano
- Rolando Fernández as Jorge Stander, undercover detective
- Irma Serrano as Flor de Lotos / Alondra
- Emilio Fernández as Leoncio's Bodyguard
- Edna Bolkan as Leoncio's Girl
- Milton Rodríguez as Leoncio Cardenas, drug lord
- María Cardinal as Leoncio's Girl
- Sergio Ramos as Customer at Ana Paula's
- Carmelina Encinas as Leoncio's Girl
- Miguel Manzano as Lola's Father
- Roberto Cañedo as Chief of Police Detectives
- Ricardo Carrión as Trailer Driver in Brawl
- Ismael Rojas as Leoncio's Bodyguard
- Manolo Fregoso
- Gerardo Martínez
- Ernesto Pruneda
- Lola Manzano as Leoncio's Girl
- Manuel Garza
- Enrique Diaz M.
- Ruben Fernandez
- Fausto Calvo
- Juan Carlos Talamantes
- Isaias Valdez as
- José Reyes
- Juan Cruz Gonzalez
- Famie Kaufman as Ana Paula
- Joaquín García Vargas as Lola's Godfather
- Socorro Bonilla as Leoncio's Girl
- Charly Valentino as Customer at Ana Paula's
- Lucía Gálvez as Leoncio's Girl
- Paco Sañudo as Gay at Ana Paula's
- Carlos East as Leoncio's Bodyguard
- Salvador Julian as Leoncio's Bodyguard
- Nora Larraga 'Karla' as Leoncio's Girl
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Mora, Carl J. Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004. McFarland & Co, 2005.
External links
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