Yesenia (film)

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Yesenia is a 1971 Mexican film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna, based on an original story by Yolanda Vargas Dulché.^[2] The film stars Jacqueline Andere as the titular character, along with Jorge Lavat.^[3] Yesenia was a blockbuster in the Soviet Union, where it sold 91.4 million tickets, and became the highest-grossing foreign film in the Soviet Union and China.^[1] Due to this success abroad, it ranks among the world's non-English language films with the highest attendance record.

Yesenia
Directed by	Alfredo B. Crevenna
Screenplay by	Julio Alejandro Yolanda Vargas Dulché
Story by	Yolanda Vargas Dulché
Starring	Jacqueline Andere Jorge Lavat
Cinematography	José Ortiz Ramos
Edited by	Jorge Busto
Music by	Sergio Guerrero
Release date	11 September 1971 (1971-09-11) (Mexico)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish
Box office	91.4 million tickets (Soviet Union)[1]

Plot

Yesenia (Jacqueline Andere) had grown up among gypsies but her mother was white. Obliged by the circumstances (and her parents), she felt the need to give her child to an old gypsy woman whom Yesenia believed to be her grandmother. The love of a soldier, disappointment, and other misunderstandings reveal the hidden truth.

Cast

• Jacqueline Andere as Yesenia
• Jorge Lavat as Osvaldo
• Irma Lozano as Luisa
• Isabela Corona as Abuela

See also

• Yesenia (1970 TV series)
• Yesenia (1987 TV series)
• List of highest-grossing non-English films
• List of highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union
• List of highest-grossing Mexican films