Selena

7.7

United States Of America

Drama Music History

127 min

1997

Gil Glasgow Selena Quintanilla Barbara Petricini-Buxton Lupe Ontiveros Joe Stevens John Verea León Singer Seidy López Erick Carrillo Sal Lopez Gail Cronauer Bel Hernandez Jennifer Lopez Everett Sifuentes George Perez Richard Coca Panchito Gómez Jacob Vargas Edward James Olmos Jon Seda Alex Meneses Constance Marie Jackie Guerra

In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for her guitarist, Chris Perez, who draws the ire of her father. Seeking mainstream stardom, Selena begins recording an English-language album which, tragically, she would never complete.