Love Stories from the African Diaspora
Here are some of our picks for inclusive Black love stories in film and media. We hope you enjoy these tender love stories and beautiful depictions.
Sor Ye-yé (1968)
Maria is a young orphan who lives with her wealthy aunt. Maria sings in a cocktail bar with his friends, who form a rock band, and enjoy the night with them. One of his friends, Ernesto, is in love with her, though she does not seem to feel the same about him. In fact, multiple existential doubts and feel a strange emptiness in his life suddenly drive to enter a convent as a novice, breaking Ernestos' heart. However, with her cheerlul character, open and rebellious, not appear to conform to life in the cloister, and especially have problems with the novices director , who often punished for trying to take the right path. In the convent, which also functions as children's hospital, she meets a doctor with which it takes quite right for the contrast between his two characters, but his way with love and mutual respect.
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Maria is a young orphan who lives with her wealthy aunt. Maria sings in a cocktail bar with his friends, who form a rock band, and enjoy the night with them. One of his friends, Ernesto, is in love with her, though she does not seem to feel the same about him. In fact, multiple existential doubts and feel a strange emptiness in his life suddenly drive to enter a convent as a novice, breaking Ernestos' heart. However, with her cheerlul character, open and rebellious, not appear to conform to life in the cloister, and especially have problems with the novices director , who often punished for trying to take the right path. In the convent, which also functions as children's hospital, she meets a doctor with which it takes quite right for the contrast between his two characters, but his way with love and mutual respect.
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Genre:Comedy, Music
Written By:Vicente Escrivá, José María Sánchez Silva
In Theaters:3/9/1968
Box Office:$202,551
Runtime:103 minutes
Studio:Ízaro Films, Filmex, Aspa
Cast
Ramón Fernández
Director
Hilda Aguirre
Sor María "Sor Ye-yé"
Manuel Gil
Juan, el doctor
Enrique Guzmán
Ernesto Nieva
Sara García
Madre María de los Ángeles
Carmen Montejo
Madre superiora
Lina Canalejas
Susy
José Gálvez
Pepe Castaño
Ofelia Guilmáin
Sor Emilia
Adriana Roel
Sor Inocente
Margot Cottens
Tía de María
Norma Mora
Novicia
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