Teófilo Torres

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Che - 1ère partie - L'argentin
6.811

Che - 1ère partie - L'argentin

Sep 05, 2008

Che - 1ère partie - L'argentin
2008 134 min 725 vues
Cuba, 1952: le général Fulgencio Batista fomente un putsch, s'empare du pouvoir et annule les élections générales. Bravant ce dictateur corrompu, un jeune avocat, Fidel Castro, candidat à la députation sous la bannière du Parti du Peuple, passe à l'action. Dans l'espoir de provoquer un soulèvement populaire, il attaque avec 150 jeunes la caserne de Monaca le 26 juillet 1953. L'opération échoue; Castro passe deux ans en prison. Amnistié en 1955, il s'exile à Mexico. Pendant ce temps, au Guatemala, un jeune Argentin idéaliste, Ernesto Guevara, se lance en politique. En 1954, lorsqu'un complot militaire soutenu par la CIA renverse le gouvernement, démocratiquement élu, de Jacobo Arbenz, Guevara se réfugie au Mexique. Après une première prise de contact au Guatemala, il rejoint un groupuscule révolutionnaire cubain.
Drama
12 horas
5.8

12 horas

Jan 01, 2001

12 horas
2001 89 min 6 vues
A night in the life of a cab driver in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Music
La guagua aérea
6.4

La guagua aérea

Mar 01, 1993

La guagua aérea
1993 72 min 4 vues
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.
Comedy
El sueño del regreso
5.4

El sueño del regreso

Dec 22, 2005

El sueño del regreso
2005 100 min 7 vues
A handful of immigrants make a bittersweet pilgrimage back to the land of their birth in this comedy drama. Ten people who have little in common beyond the fact they were all originally from Puerto Rico and now live in New York, discover they've won a contest giving them each a free, all-expenses paid vacation -- in Puerto Rico. While some are eager to visit the place they once called home, others are nervous about what they will find and wary about confronting the people and things they left behind.
Drama
El color de la guayaba
1

El color de la guayaba

Oct 16, 2010

El color de la guayaba
2010 71 min 1 vues
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.
Drama
Desamores
1

Desamores

Nov 11, 2004

Desamores
2004 107 min 1 vues
There has been a grave massacre within a highly successful insurance company in Puerto Rico. The owners, a married couple, have been slaughtered along with their employees. While the police are investigating, a private investigator, Isabelo, is hired. The investigation takes place in an underworld of frayed relationships and foul connections. It is a detective story that revolves around unforeseen secrets dealing in the occult and certain passions that only appear to spawn loathing.
Drama
Los Díaz de Doris
1

Los Díaz de Doris

Jan 02, 2000

Los Díaz de Doris
2000 102 min 1 vues
Doris is a hardworking and honest woman, divorced and mother of two teenagers whom she adores but doesn’t understand. After a bad relationship with her husband, she no longer trusts men. She lives only for her children, but they’re living their own lives. One day, Doris learns that things can get better.
Drama
Tinta y Café
1

Tinta y Café

Jul 21, 2013

Tinta y Café
2013 11 min 1 vues
Raul’s job as a lighthouse keeper takes an unexpected turn as he witnesses a man jumping from a cliff. It leads him to deal with the dilemma of death, while being constantly tormented by the suicidal thoughts of the previous lighthouse keeper.
Thriller
Ocho Puertas
1

Ocho Puertas

Dec 07, 2003

Ocho Puertas
2003 90 min 1 vues
Ocho Puertas is a popular Puerto Rican club where many of the future musical talents of Puerto Rico were first showcased, and given a chance to succeed.
Music
Dios los cría 2
1

Dios los cría 2

May 05, 2004

Dios los cría 2
2004 137 min 1 vues
Three stories ("Lo mismo de otra manera", "Félix", and "Te tengo una sorpresa") that delve deeply into issues such as human solidarity, infidelity, and social conflicts in contemporary Puerto Rico.
Comedy
15 años y un día
1

15 años y un día

Jul 31, 2011

15 años y un día
2011 20 min 1 vues
To confront the harsh reality of being accused for sexually molesting his own daughter, a man seeks escape in his mind.
Drama
Ruído
4.2

Ruído

Aug 25, 2006

Ruído
2006 100 min 2 vues
Franchi is a teenager who suffers from a rare hearing condition. After her parents' separation, she stays with her mother Soqui, who soon after gets involved with Johnny. Franchi finds herself victim of the continuous and unwanted advances on Johnny's part, while Soqui is blissfully unaware of what is happening in her own home. The young girl does not know who to ask for help. Caught up in a war she is not planning to lose, Franchi will be forced to fend for herself the only way she knows how.
Drama
Leyendas de Puerto Rico
1

Leyendas de Puerto Rico

Jan 02, 1999

Leyendas de Puerto Rico
1999 75 min 1 vues
A film narrative on Puerto Rican playwright and journalist don Cayetano Coll y Toste. Three of his most famous stories are reenacted: "El Santo Cristo de la Salud", "El Espíritu del Carretero", and "La Garita del Diablo".
Documentary
La Charca
1

La Charca

Jan 02, 1990

La Charca
1990 145 min 1 vues
Based on Manuel Zeno Gandía's novel about peasant life in late nineteenth-century Puerto Rico.
Drama
La recién nacida sangre
1

La recién nacida sangre

Jan 02, 1992

La recién nacida sangre
1992 17 min 1 vues
Film interpretation of the story of the writer Luis Rafael Sánchez bearing the same name. A man and his wife have lost various children. When he learns his wife is pregnant again, he decides to murder her, fearing they would lose another child.
Drama
El cimarrón
4.7

El cimarrón

Oct 01, 2006

El cimarrón
2006 102 min 3 vues
El cimarrón is a love story about a young African couple, Marcos and Carolina, that takes place in the slavery era at the turn of the nineteen-century in a Caribbean island. After several futile escape plans, Marcos finally escaped. Now free, he returns to liberate his beloved Carolina.
Romance
Glitz
6

Glitz

Sep 28, 1988

Glitz
1988 98 min 2 vues
Vincent Marra is a Miami cop on medical leave in Puerto Rico, where he's being stalked by a sex offender he testified against.
Thriller
Cuentos para despertar
1

Cuentos para despertar

Jan 02, 1998

Cuentos para despertar
1998 137 min 1 vues
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".
Drama
Dejavú
1

Dejavú

Jan 02, 2005

Dejavú
2005 23 min 1 vues
A being's emptiness is represented in this short by a marriage that cannot escape the vicious circle they are locked in, product of the irrationality of a society predestined to survive by the grace of money and not their emotional, cultural or identity attributes.
Drama
Devolviéndome
1

Devolviéndome

Jan 02, 2004

Devolviéndome
2004 12 min 1 vues
Without resorting to dialogue nor introspection, the film portrays the emotional destruction of a man as a result of alcoholism.
Drama
Yuyo
1

Yuyo

Jan 02, 1989

Yuyo
1989 242 min 1 vues
Based on Miguel Meléndez Muñoz's novel.
Drama
Barrios
10

Barrios

Feb 05, 2004

Barrios
2004 147 min 1 vues
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.
Drama
Angel
1

Angel

Aug 16, 2007

Angel
2007 107 min 1 vues
The film follows the actions of a corrupt police captain, the title-character Ángel Lugo. Lugo is responsible for the wrongful imprisonment of Mariano Farías and the murder of his pregnant wife. After 15 years in a federal prison, Farías is still determined to prove his innocence.
Action
La gringa
1

La gringa

Aug 21, 2003

La gringa
2003 55 min 1 vues
Raised in New York, Marilyn Morales returns to Puerto Rico to claim an inheritance. Her obsession with Marilyn Monroe, dressing and acting like her, creates a clash of acceptance with the residents of the neighborhood. The new surroundings and clash will lead her in search for her identity.
Drama
Doña Ana
1

Doña Ana

Sep 09, 2004

Doña Ana
2004 65 min 1 vues
An epic portrayal of the reincarnation of three souls, two brothers and a sister, through the most volatile periods of Puerto Rico's dramatic history. Their mother, Doña Ana, who lost them in a freak storm in the 1850's, is forced to bear witness to their trials and joys over the course of 3 generations.
History
Chiringa
1

Chiringa

Nov 30, 2004

Chiringa
2004 15 min 1 vues
The story of three children who try to fly a kite, but lose it in a cemetery. There, they encounter Pedro Albizu Campos, who helps them in their quest, while analyzing the situation as a metaphor for the existing political division in the country.
Drama
La mancha
1

La mancha

Aug 02, 2009

La mancha
2009 9 min 1 vues
Fisherman Sacarías finds himself at sea, immersed in memories of his old friend Chago.
Drama