Delia Esther Quiñones
2021 - 2003Cristobalito, the Calypso Colt
Roberto Vigoreaux, Walter Busó
Filmed entirely on location in the Caribbean, this touching family drama tells the adventurous tale of a Puerto Rican boy who befriends a Paso Fino palomino, a descendant of the horses of the Spanish Conquistadors. The young man kidnaps the colt in order to ride in the island horse championships and ends up learning a lesson in responsibility and honor.
Cristobalito, the Calypso Colt
El curandero del pueblo
Fernando Cortés
Adalberto Rodríguez Machuchal, Lucecita Benítez
Machuchal is a rural healer that uses ancient methods and herbs as cures, obtaining the confidence of the community for many years. After an emergency in which a child almost dies, Machuchal is persuaded to attend nursing school.
El curandero del pueblo
La guagua aérea
Luis Molina Casanova
José Luis (Chavito) Marrero, Teófilo Torres
A comedy narrating the adventures of ten Puerto Ricans looking for a better life. The film centers on an airplane trip to New York during 1960's. It relates in a comical, yet poignant manner, the array of reasons each of the passengers has for leaving Puerto Rico and the challenges they face as suggested by the interactions of the Anglo crew and the passengers.
La guagua aérea
Maruja
Óscar Orzábal Quintana
Marta Romero, Roberto Rivera Negrón
In a small rural town, everybody lays eyes on Maruja, the most beautiful woman there. After the son of the mayor comes back from France, he also notices Maruja, setting forth events of love, jealousy, guilt, and anger.
Maruja
Cuentos de Abelardo
Luis Molina Casanova
José Luis (Chavito) Marrero, Jacobo Morales
A selection of three short stories by Puerto Rican writer Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (“Don Procopio”, “Peyo Mercé enseña inglés”, and “Bagazo”), portraying typical characters of the Puerto Rican social and economic classes in the 1940's.
Cuentos de Abelardo
Machuchal: Agente 0
José de San Antón, Fernando Cortés
Adalberto Rodríguez Machuchal, Arturo Correa
Machuchal as a federal agent. He presents his humorous adventures and exploits in the city of New York as Agent 0. The film is an extremely mild spoof of James Bondish-spy films.
Machuchal: Agente 0
Cuentos para despertar
Luis Molina Casanova
David Ortiz Angleró, Braulio Castillo Jr.
Recreates aspects of the life of Abelardo Díaz Alfaro as a rural teacher in Puerto Rico during 1940's, integrating three of his stories "El josco", "Santa Cló va a la cuchilla", and "Don Fruto Torres".
Cuentos para despertar
Los dos mundos de Angelita
Jane Morrison
Mariem Pérez Riera, Delia Esther Quiñones
As experienced by 9 year old Angelita, the film portrays the hardship of migration endured by her family’s move from a small town in Puerto Rico to New York City’s Lower East Side.
The Two Worlds of Angelita
Amor perdóname
Jerónimo Mitchell Meléndez
Julio Alemán, Kitty de Hoyos
Businessman Carlos meets Ana María in a Mexico City nightclub. He escorts her home, and makes a date for the next day. Ana María is actually a prostitute whose pimp, Arturo, thinks Carlos would be a good client, and urges her to be nice to him. They fall in love, and Carlos proposes marriage to her, indicating he must return to Puerto Rico soon.
Amor perdóname
Abelardo Díaz Alfaro: Homenaje Póstumo
Vince Laureano
Edgardo Huertas, Abelardo Díaz Alfaro
Abelardo Díaz Alfaro visits the places that inspired him to write his book "Terrazzo". His life and work is explored through interviews with friends and colleagues.
Abelardo Díaz Alfaro: Homenaje Póstumo
Ayer amargo
Amílcar Tirado
Marta Romero, Arturo Correa
Follows the life of a loving couple that is childless. Juana consults help from many sources so she can conceive, but to no avail. However, her husband Manolo has an illegitimate son by a prostitute. He hopes to raise him as their mutual son, but the boy's arrival marks a profound change in the couple's life, as Juana struggles with her relationship with the child and her husband.
Bitter Yesterday
