Lo que le pasó a Santiago

West Side Story

December 1961 •English

In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, tensions are high as a gang of Polish-Americans compete against a gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, but this doesn't stop two romantics from each gang falling in love.

Anacrusis

April 2023 •Spanish

The end of a friendship between two fellow musicians torn by the harsh realities of adulthood in the Puerto Rican art scene.

12 Angry Men

April 1957 •English

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

Luisa tenía razón

July 1968 •Spanish

Explores concerns about uterine cancer and the value of the Pap Test in detecting this serious type of cancer.

Pelota de papel

December 1998 •English

A boy meets a new friend thanks to a bouncing ball.

Entre Dios y el hombre

January 1960 •Spanish

A concert pianist gets caught in a love triangle with two college students.

Yuyo

January 1989 •Spanish

Based on Miguel Meléndez Muñoz's novel.

La Cenicienta Boricua

November 2015 •Spanish

The famous fairy tale of Cinderella is adapted to our times, considering as background the present situation of Puerto Rican coffee growers. The story is set in Lares, Puerto Rico, at a time close to Christmas. Miosotis’s father has died and Ava Rice, his widow, wants to sell his family coffee farm to a foreign company, whose monopoly on the island continues to displace the country's coffee growers.

Cauce sin río

January 1991 •Spanish

Based on Enrique A. Laguerre's novel.

Carlito's Way

November 1993 •English

A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him, and lead a better life outside NYC.

Amores

December 2004 •Spanish

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...)

En el día menos pensado

December 1999 •Spanish

Two couples see their lives transformed after the tragedy of losing a child. Both families face the loss in their own way, allowing feelings of guilt, deny, and jealousy to surface, until family disintegration is almost inevitable.

El desvío... la escena del crimen

November 2005 •Spanish

Two stories intersect, with violence as a common axis. An inside look into the world of youth boxing, full of championship illusions, combined with jealousy and envy.

The Two Worlds of Angelita

October 1983 •Spanish

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.

Culebra USA

December 2000 •Spanish

Three shipwreck survivors reach the shores of a deserted island used to carry out military experiments. The issue of military occupation and its consequences on the civilian population is presented in this microcosm, composed by the three characters.

La recompensa

September 2008 •Spanish

A young woman flees just before her wedding day and disappears to avoid facing the consequences of her actions.

Las infieles

July 2007 •Spanish

A drama showing infidelity from the unique perspective of women. The one who was betrayed, the one who does it for fun, the obsessed, and the one on the verge of committing an infidelity, all presented without judgment about what is right and what is wrong.

El corillo

February 2012 •Spanish

Human needs are explored in a group of adolescents who find themselves in a tutorial room in preparation for the university's entrance exam. This film aims for youths to reflect on their way of thinking and acting.

Noche de jevas

November 2015 •Spanish

Barrios

February 2004 •Spanish

Presents three barrio stories: "La familia del Camello" about a public residential basketball coach and his dilemmas, "El baila'o de Julia y Berto" about two neighbors trying to rediscover love in their maturity, and "El rumbón de Fepe" about a man who has to choose between his barrio and the woman he loves.