Yesenia (1971)
- Directed by
- Alfredo B. Crevenna
- Genre
- melodrama
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 2h 01m
- Rated
- 16+
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young woman and a man fall in love amid a backdrop of dramatic twists and family secrets. Their romance is tested by obstacles that pull them apart before bringing them back together.
romanticmelodramaticsweepingemotionalsentimentalbittersweet
What happens
Yesenia is a 1971 Mexican film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna, based on an original story by Yolanda Vargas Dulché. The film stars Jacqueline Andere as the titular character, along with Jorge Lavat. 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. Due to this success abroad, it ranks among the world's non-English language films with the highest attendance record. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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