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Browse 28 movies from Corporación de Puerto Rico para la Difusión Pública
The Orama Family, coffee growers for generations in the central mountain region of Puerto Rico, cherish their traditions and their famous gourmet coffee. The entire household is abuzz preparing for the wedding of Isabel, the youngest daughter. The bride, however, is getting cold feet and plans to run away on the eve of her wedding.
Feb 2010
Adaptation from Enrique A. Laguerre's novel "La llamarada". It depicts the struggles of Puerto Rican peons in the sugar cane fields during the 1930's.
Jun 2016
Based on Manuel Zeno Gandía's novel about peasant life in late nineteenth-century Puerto Rico.
Jan 1990
A young clown decides to abandon the small-town circus he works for in order to try and make it in a big city.
Nov 2006
Based on Miguel Meléndez Muñoz's novel.
Jan 1989
Documentary that poses a profound and critical look at Puerto Rico. Has the progress that was promised with the Commonwealth been fullfilled or accomplished?
Apr 2005
Four young people, who show no respect for their elders, wake up one morning to the surprise they are now 70 years old.
Dec 2008
Alex, a 10 year old child, faces the trauma of his parents' divorce, a new home, neighborhood, and school. Alex dreams of being a famous ballplayer like his father, but the instability of his new life makes him an insecure child and unable to recognize his talent. The arrival of Zompi, a virtual intelligent animal, transforms and helps him overcome all his fears.
Satirical comedy about a jíbaro that moves from the country to the city and resists to change his rural customs. The film depicts family and emotional conflicts that Puerto Rico suffered due to Americanization.
Jan 2017
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.
Aug 1999
A group of comedians tell everyday stories of a barriada.
Jul 2005
Based on Enrique A. Laguerre's novel.
Jan 1991
Through interviews with friends, family, and colleagues, the documentary relates the life and career of Rafael Hernández, one of Puerto Rico’s most renowned and beloved composers of popular songs.
Jan 1992
Four stories with the intention to make the people reflect on their actions, decisions, and how they affect others around them.
Aug 2005
Illustrates the events of the Ponce Massacre through the life of one of the victims, Ulpiano Perea.
Oct 2004
There are over 100,000 dogs living in the streets of Puerto Rico. Why? This Emmy winning documentary is an in-depth investigation about the current situation of animal abandonment in the island.
Sep 2010
Bautista is a taxicab driver that has been rented by a woman named Ada. Ada wants him to drive her to the other side of the island with the condition that he doesn't take any other passengers and that he drives her to get some guavas. During the trip, Bautista, a driver for more than 44 years, becomes a storyteller. He tells Ada different stories that he has heard all related to the exotic guava fruit. These stories begin to take life while Bautista tells them, giving us a whimsical touch of magical realism with a Caribbean twist, and showing how fragile the circumstances these characters live are.
Oct 2010
It's December, but the people of San Juan aren’t feeling the Christmas spirit. A serial killer has snuffed the life out of some of the most renowned bachelors. A doctor, a dentist, a social columnist and a university professor are the most recent victims of the "The Angel of the Bachelors", a handsome young man who captivates closet homosexuals and stabs them to death following a sexual encounter with them.
Apr 2008
A widowed man meets a younger woman at a bus stop.
Jan 2008
Amores explores the world of acting from its most basic and solitary form: the monologue. If only an actor, a text, and someone who hears it are needed to make an acting exercise, then Amores offers fourteen splendid acts from renowned professionals in Puerto Rico. Amores is composed by different monologues that, in set, offer reflection on aspects of love. In this manner, the title becomes a statement: amor es... (love is...)
Dec 2004