Milly: Queen of Merengue

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2026 · 118 min · Drama · Music

Overview

Vibrant musical inspired by the unique life of Dominican singer Milly Quezada worldwide known as the Queen of Merengue who as precocious young girl is forced to leave her country to escape a city torn by the 1965 civil war, once in New York she'll struggle to find her place in the colorful streets of Washington Heights where the wave of Latino immigration was just beginning, her musical journey will place her amongst the few female figures of the Latin Boom in the seventies alongside Celia Cruz and La Lupe.

Directed by Leticia Tonos

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