Milly: Queen of Merengue

Milly: Queen of Merengue

90 mins | Drama, Music | Jan. 28, 2026

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.

Milly: Queen of Merengue

90 mins | Drama, Music | Jan. 28, 2026

Milly: Queen of Merengue
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.
Producers Producciones Linea Espiral
Original title Milly: reina del merengue
Directors Leticia Tonos
Writers Junior Rosario, Leticia Tonos

Cast

Sandy Hernández

as Milly Quezada

Juan Carlos Pichardo Jr.

as Rafael Vásquez

Raidher Díaz

as Rafaelito Quezada

Jalsen Santana

as Don Rafael

Nicole Padrón

as Young Milly