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Lola the Truck Driver
The film's premiere.
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 byJonathan Zarbaya
Jonathan Zarzosa
Production
company
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

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

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

References

  1. ^ Mora p.159-62
  2. ^ Mora p.159

Bibliography

  • Mora, Carl J. Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004. McFarland & Co, 2005.

External links


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lola the Truck Driver
The film's premiere.
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 byJonathan Zarbaya
Jonathan Zarzosa
Production
company
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

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

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

References

  1. ^ Mora p.159-62
  2. ^ Mora p.159

Bibliography

  • Mora, Carl J. Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004. McFarland & Co, 2005.

External links



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