The Devil Queen(2026)

Name: The Devil Queen
Director: Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
Genre: Drama
Released: Jun 17, 2026
Cast: Milton Gonçalves, Odete Lara, Stepan Nercessian, Nelson Xavier, Yara Cortes

Kino Lorber

1h 40m
- Drama

Release Date: Jun 17, 2026 | Limited

Crime queen and drug dealer, Diaba finds out that the police are after his protégé and decides to "make up" a new bandit to turn in in his place.

Releases

Original Release | Jun 17, 2026 | Opens in 06days

Original Release | Jun 17, 2026

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Director & Top Cast

Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
Director

Milton Gonçalves
Rainha Diaba

Odete Lara
Isa Gonzalez

Stepan Nercessian
Bereco

Nelson Xavier
Catitu

Yara Cortes
Violeta

Wilson Grey

Manco

Edgar Gurgel Aranha

Robertinho

Lutero Luiz

Anão

Geraldo Sobreira

Odete

Kim Negro

Dentinho

Sidney Becker

Pena, Nilson

Fábio Camargo

Actor

Selma Caronezzi

Prostitute

Isolda Cresta

Actor

Haroldo de Oliveira

Bigode

Letícia de Souza

Actor

Perfeito Fortuna

Actor

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Mono

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Summaries

Storyline

In Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, the homosexual drug dealer lord Rainha Diaba (Milton Gonçalves) decides to find a scapegoat to save his lover from the jail for traffic with students. His gang, under the command of Catitu (Nelson Xavier), uses the young pimp Bereco (Stepan Nercessian), but he escapes from the police siege and decides to break and rob the points where Rainha Diaba sells his marijuana, initiating a bloody war against the powerful dealer. — Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Fun Facts

It was originally set on an airplane — until the director realized it was just Airplane! with drag queens. When Adam Shankman first read the script, he found it funny but immediately told the producers, "It's 'Airplane,' and some of the characters are drag queens." He suggested moving the entire story to a train, arguing they could keep all the same stakes and jokes while finally making it feel like its own movie.

The entire film was shot in just 19 days. Shankman compressed the shoot into a tight three-week window, which he said was only possible because the script was structured as "joke to joke to joke" — allowing him to set up a gag, deliver it, and move on. The rapid, discontinuous shooting also meant characters were deliberately placed in different spots across takes, which ultimately made the train feel bigger because audiences could never tell where anyone was sitting