''Yesenia'' is a 1971 Mexican film directed by

Alfredo B. Crevenna Alfredo B. Crevenna (22 April 1914 – 30 August 1996) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 150 films between 1945 and 1995. Selected filmography * '' Neither Blood Nor Sand'' (1941, screenwriter only) * '' ...

, based on an original story by

Yolanda Vargas Dulché Yolanda Vargas Dulché de la Parra (; July 18, 1926 Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico– August 8, 1999 in Mexico City) was a List of Mexican writers, Mexican writer principally known for the creation of the comic book character of Memín Pinguín and ...

. The film stars

Jacqueline Andere María Esperanza Jacqueline Andere-Aguilar (born August 20, 1938) is a Mexican actress. Life and career Andere was born in a Jewish family located Mexico City on August 20 1938. Her appearances in telenovelas began with 1960's '' Vida por Vid ...

as the titular character, along with

Jorge Lavat Jorge Lavat Bayona (3 August 1933 − 14 September 2011) was a Mexican film and television actor. Life and work Born in Mexico City, Mexico, he appeared in more than 25 serialized ''telenovelas'' over the decades between 1958 and 2001, includi ...

. ''Yesenia'' was a blockbuster in the

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, where it sold 91.4million tickets, and became the highest-grossing foreign film in the Soviet Union. Due to this success abroad, it ranks among the world's non-English language films with the highest attendance record.

Plot

Yesenia (

) had grown up among

gypsies The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sign ...

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

as Yesenia *

as Osvaldo * Irma Lozano as Luisa *

Isabela Corona Isabela Corona''Cronología de Teatro en México - 1926/10 (in Spanish) (July 2, 1913 – July 8, 1993) was a Mexican actress. She debuted during the first decade of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Biography Isabela Corona was born as Refugi ...

as Abuela

References

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* {{IMDb title, 0245580, Yesenia 1971 drama films Mexican drama films Films based on Mexican comics Live-action films based on comics Films about Romani people 1970s Spanish-language films 1970s Mexican films

Plot

Cast

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