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Selena is a american film of genre Drama directed by Gregory Nava released in USA on 21 march 1997 with Jennifer Lopez
Selena (1997)
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Add to a movie listSelena is a 1997 American biographical musical drama film about the life and career of the late Tejano music star Selena, a recording artist well known in the Mexican American and Hispanic communities in the United States and Mexico before she was murdered by Yolanda Saldívar, the president of her fan club at the age of 23.
The film stars Jennifer Lopez in her breakthrough role as Selena. Her father, Abraham Quintanilla, Jr., is played by Edward James Olmos and Constance Marie plays Marcella Quintanilla.
Synopsis
The film opens on February 26, 1995, with Selena (Jennifer Lopez) performing to a sold-out crowd of 65,000 at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The film then flashes back to 1961, where a young Abraham Quintanilla and his band, The Dinos, are rejected for an audition by a restaurant owner due to a whites-only policy. Crushed, Abraham gives up music.Actors
Jennifer Lopez
(Selena Quintanilla)
Edward James Olmos
(Abraham Quintanilla)
Constance Marie
(Marcela Quintanilla)
Jon Seda
(Chris Perez)
Lupe Ontiveros
(Yolanda Saldívar)
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