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.

Lola the Truck Driver
The film's premiere.
Directed byRaúl Fernández
Written byCarlos Valdemar
Rolando Fernández
Produced byGerardo Martinez
Eugenio Nolasco
Xavier Rezzo
Fidel Valadez
StarringRosa Gloria Chagoyán
Rolando Fernández
Irma Serrano
CinematographyLaura Ferlo
Edited byJorge Rivera
Music byJonathan Zarbaya
Jonathan Zarzosa
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Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

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

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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.

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References

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

Bibliography

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