Queens Without a Crown

2023 Peruvian film
  • March 9, 2023 (2023-03-09)
Running time
100 minutesCountryPeruLanguageSpanish

Queens Without a Crown (Spanish: Reinas sin corona) is a 2023 Peruvian drama film directed by Gino Tassara and written by Tassara and Lucía Covarrubias.[1] Starring Daniela Romo, Francisca Aronsson and Alexandra Graña.[2] It is inspired by real events and takes as a reference the story of the girl Jimenita, "the monster of Pachacamac", "the monster of the bicycle", "Clímaco: the crazy man with the hammer", the attack on Arlette Contreras, among other cases.[3][4]

Synopsis

Jimena lives tormented looking for help to report the attacks she has been receiving, however her mother Sonia lives in a parallel world. His grandmother Deifilia, who leads a network of child trafficking, will not be the best help. Everyone around Jimena is complicit in what is happening, but only a few will try to help her.[5]

Cast

The actors participating in this film are:[1][5]

  • Alexandra Graña as Sonia
  • Francisca Aronsson as Jimena
  • Daniela Romo as Deifilia
  • Claudio Calmet
  • Rossana Fernández Maldonado
  • Katia Salazar
  • Kukuli Morante
  • Matías Raygada
  • Omar García
  • Julio Marcone
  • Mariano Ramírez
  • Elena Romero
  • Edith Tapia

Production

Principal photography of the film began on March 24, 2022, in the Municipality of La Punta[6] and ended on May 10 of the same year.[7] The movie was filmed in Mexico and Peru.[8][9]

Release

The film was scheduled to premiere on March 30, 2023, in Peruvian theaters,[10] but it was brought forward to March 9, 2023, to coincide with International Women's Day.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Cortes, Nicol (2023-03-02). "'Reinas sin corona': Fecha de estreno, protagonistas y más datos de la película sobre feminicidios". Hecho en California con Marcos Gutierrez (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  2. ^ "Daniela Romo in Lima presented the Peruvian film "Queens without a crown" | News". 2023-03-09. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  3. ^ "Reinas sin corona, película basada en hechos reales que busca concientizarnos sobre el feminicidio y el maltrato". Universidad César Vallejo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  4. ^ PERÚ, NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO (2023-03-04). "'Reinas sin corona': Película peruana inspirada en una terrible realidad de nuestro país | francisca aronsson | PELÍCULA PERUANA | CINES | PERÚ | NNAV | VIDEO | AMTV | VIDEOS". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  5. ^ a b "REINAS SIN CORONA". Cinescape (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  6. ^ PERU21, NOTICIAS (2022-03-24). ""Reinas sin corona": Alexandra Graña y Francisca Aronsson protagonizan la nueva película peruana | farándula | rmmn | ESPECTACULOS". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA (10 May 2022). "Llega a su fin rodaje de la cinta peruana "Reinas sin corona"". andina.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  8. ^ República, La (9 May 2022). ""Reinas sin corona": película peruana viajó a México para grabar escenas junto a elenco extranjero". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  9. ^ PERÚ, NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO (2022-05-06). ""Reinas sin corona": película peruana grabó escenas en México con artistas extranjeros Relato verdad testimonio narración historias ec | LUCES". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  10. ^ PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA (6 July 2022). "Cinta peruana "Reinas sin corona" se estrena en marzo del 2023". andina.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  11. ^ "'Reinas sin corona' adelanta su estreno por el Día Internacional de la Mujer". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-09.
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