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Amaryllis Campos is a young, classically trained Puerto Rican ballerina, who dreams of leaving her impoverished home in Puerto Rico to pursue fame and fortune as a dancer. Amaryllis heads for New York City, where she is forced to work in a seedy strip club to make ends meet. Setting audiences afire with her erotic moves, Amaryllis quickly becomes the strip club's hottest attraction, but must finally decide between true love and realizing her dream of becoming a star.
In the midst of the silenced 1950s Puerto Rican revolution for independence, 16-year-old Celia is kept in the dark by her family. As she ruminates about the oppressive status of the Island, her questions are left unanswered. The family of three women are forced to face the fatal reality of their surroundings after Celia's classmate, MatÃas, arrives at their home with his father, Emilio, who is gravely injured from a gunshot. After realizing the boy and his father are active members of the revolution, tensions arise as they decide to hide them from the police. MatÃas lights a spark in Celia, who rebels against her family and becomes part of the revolution.
Five stories linked by the new trend of how to meet people and the search for love in the world of internet.
A widow must confess her infidelities in her husband's wake to appease his angry ghost and the scared townsfolk. Based on the short story by the Puerto Rican writer Emilio S. Belaval.
A 40-year-old first-time mother reconnects with her childhood friends to assist as doulas during her home birth. Together, they revisit old memories, face unforgettable moments, and explore motherhood and friendship from a unique perspective.
A single mother goes out for a run and never returns.
A Puerto Rican film that combines the educational function of the documentary genre with the lyricism and power of the narrative genre, offering a new and contemporary look at our award-winning poet and patriot Julia de Burgos.
Teenager CarmÃn lives in a mountainous village in the center of Puerto Rico with her tough and conservative grandmother. Her mother left for the US without her. The arrival of her father, after long years in prison, eases CarmÃn’s profound sadness. The relationship with him, however, brings its own ambiguousness and complexities and as CarmÃn moves into womanhood this causes great confusion, mostly for her.
Juan Encarnación is a reserved jibaro with a violent past. When Pura, the woman he loves, disappears, Encarnación sets out on a path of revenge armed with his machete and his daughter, Patria, in his arms.
The Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico, Dr. Eduardo Suáre does not agree with the new health reform that the Governor imposes on the country. At the same time, his wife with whom he has been married for more than 30 years and with whom he has six children, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Eduardo faces two crises, one of country and one in his home. Over time the disease completely takes his wife and Eduardo, who left his post in government to dedicate himself to his family, is in need to continue with his life. Submerged in the pain that causes the disease, not only the patient but the relatives and those closest to him, Eduardo begins a new love relationship that gives him back the desire to live.
The dreams of five strangers traveling to Puerto Rico are put on hold when immigration authorities confine them in 'El cuartito'.
Angélica has spent her whole life escaping from her mixed racial identity, but a family crisis forces her to return to Puerto Rico and rethink her life.
A Puerto Rican salon employee is forced to confront her own erotic desires when she becomes obsessed with the violent sexual tendencies of her new neighbors.
Interconnects the life of four Puerto Rican actors and a Colombian director while they participate in a Theater Improvisation Festival. They will be forced to reflect on their future in art amid economic crisis, global warming, and technological dependency.
