Antonio Torres Martinó
Actor · Ponce, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican painter, artist, journalist, and writer.
Movies9
- Movie5.2Documentary
Zoilo Cajigas y Sotomayor is a carver of wooden models of saints. Don Zoilo is one of Puerto Rico's best-known artisans and was 96 years old at the time of the filming. The film shows the elaborate process behind his craftsmanship.
El santero
1956 · 4 votes
- MovieDocumentary
An adaptation of Luis A. Maisonet’s 1959 film "Juan sin seso", Israel Lugo’s "Brainless Juan" looks at how, half a century later, celebrity influences the individual. Using the original audio from the 1959 film, "Brainless Juan" shows images of everyday life in Santurce’s streets and back alleys, using subtle irony to deliver a strong message.
Brainless Juan
2013
Movie6.0MysteryActionProfessional gambler Dan Crown arrives in San Juan to visit his brother Alex, only to learn from the police that Alex has been found murdered. To Captain Acosta's questioning, Dan answers that he had no knowledge of his brother's affairs. Dan then finds Gina Rosario searching his hotel room, and together they begin to investigate Alex's death.
Harbor Lights
1963 · 2 votes
Movie5.4ThrillerActionA hit man hijacks a boat — and the married couple aboard — in order to carry out a contract on a dictator in the Caribbean.
Thunder Island
1963 · 9 votes
- Movie5.4DocumentaryDrama
Field workers in Puerto Rico want to have a night school.
- MovieDocumentary
The role that women should play in the modern-day Puerto Rican family is discussed. The discussion is dramatized by a rural husband and wife involved in a domestic dispute.
Movie6.8DramaIn a small rural town, everybody lays eyes on Maruja, the most beautiful woman there. After the son of the mayor comes back from France, he also notices Maruja, setting forth events of love, jealousy, guilt, and anger.
Maruja
1959 · 13 votes
- Movie5.2Comedy
A man believes all the advertising he hears.
MovieDocumentaryThe first documentary produced by the Division of Community Education (DivEdCo) featuring modern and experimental audio techniques with aerial shots of Puerto Rico showing its topography, educationally inserting the island within a world-wide historical context and highlighting its agricultural and social landscape.
Desde las nubes
1949