Miguel Ángel Álvarez
1941 - 2011Lamento borincano
Fernando Cortés
Mapy Cortés, Arturo Correa
The film, which is an ode to Rafael Hernández's song "Lamento borincano", is a social commentary of the political and social policies of the 40's and 50's which led to the abandonment of what was seen by many as the "pure", "virtuous" life of the finca (farm) for the "corrupting" influence of urban centers like San Juan and New York City.
Los expatriados
Arocho y Clemente: los que murieron en la horca
Miguel Ángel Álvarez
Jacobo Morales, Betty Ortega
Based on a real-life death penalty case in Puerto Rico. The execution of Arocho and Clemente was one of the last ones to take place in the island.
Arocho y Clemente: los que murieron en la horca
Sidewalls
Gustavo Taretto
Javier Drolas, Pilar López de Ayala
Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the isolation of his one-room apartment and his virtual reality. Mariana is an artist fresh out of a a long relationship. They are perfect for each other, live on the same street, in opposite buildings, but they never meet. Can the movement of a modern city of three million people bring them together?
Sidewalls
Me casé con un cura
Fernando Cortés
Lucho Gatica, Maura Monti
Ángel Maura, a seminarian with an innate talent, has an ideal voice for singing. Offers of work and money arise, but Ángel rejects them because he wants to continue his preparation as a priest. His cousin of the same name, however, decides to impersonate him in order to gain fame and fortune. A fan of the singer begins to go out with him, but soon discovers that she is in love with the wrong person.
Me casé con un cura
Luna de miel en Puerto Rico
Fernando Cortés
Lucha Villa, Miguel Ángel Álvarez
Manuel, the manager of the (real-life) Hotel Condado Beach in San Juan, and his assistant Paquito decide to promote their establishment by offering free "honeymoons in Puerto Rico" to newlywed couples.
Luna de miel en Puerto Rico
Un amante anda suelto
Rubén Galindo
Alberto Vázquez, Zulma Faiad
Tony is a karate master on television and an expert in making any woman fall in love with him. Impunity seems to be his best ally, until the owner of the cafeteria next to a recently stolen bank, hints at an inspector to unmask Tony as the culprit.
Un amante anda suelto
Joselito vagabundo
Miguel Morayta
Joselito, Sara García
Rene, a street urchin, is coerced by the head of a gang of thieves, Frank, who wants to force him to remain in their organization. One day, Rene meets Anita, a young aristocrat to whom Frank attempted to rob. And because she feels sympathy for him, the boy will have the opportunity to change his life and leave the country to make a deal with a rich heir, Fernando de Ponce, which proposes Rene to supplant him before his old aunt, who does not know him.
Joselito vagabundo