Iyo inoverengeka "La Reina del Sur" naArturo Pérez Reverte ichave neyayo firimu vhezheni hollywood, iyo ichatungamirirwa naVenzuelan Jonathan Jakubowicz ("Kidnapping Express"). Uye kune iro rinotungamira basa pane matatu vakwikwidzi: hapana mumwe kunze kwaEva Mendes, Jennifer López naPenélope Cruz.
Iyo inoverengeka yakaburitswa muna 2002 ndeyeMexico, Teresa Mendoza, anotiza kubva kuMexico achienda kuSpain, uko kwaanopinda mune zvekupinza nekutengesa zvinodhaka. Iyo inoverengeka inorondedzerwa mumunhu wechitatu kuburikidza nemutori wenhau uyo anoongorora hupenyu hwe protagonist.
Uye nepo pasina zvinongedzo kana dhata pakutanga kweiyo kupfuraChinhu chinonyanya kuitika ndechekuti kubva pamatare matatu aya uyo anopa hupenyu kuna Teresa anobuda. Uye nechitima kusarudza, ndinogara naJ.mufananidzo): anotamba chinzvimbo chetsime reMexico (kunyangwe aine chizvarwa chePuerto Rican), anotaura muchiSpanish uye ndiye akanyanya hure yevatatu kutamba hunhu.