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El callejón de los cuernos (1998)
Character: N/A
The story of two cousins struggling in the world of drugs and chaos in the neighborhood of La Perla of Old San Juan. A kind of modern Cain and Abel in the urban world, surrounded by characters and real situations that shook Puerto Rico and especially this colorful neighborhood that borders the walls of El Morro.
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Foreverland (2011)
Character: N/A
A sufferer of cystic fibrosis travels to a legendary shrine that reputedly has the power to heal his condition.
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Los peloteros (1951)
Character: Lolita
A group of kids in a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican rural town need money to purchase baseball uniforms for little league.
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Crowded Paradise (1956)
Character: N/A
A Puerto Rican immigrant anxiously awaits his wedding day, but his fiancé's racist landlord intervenes.
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Somos un solo pueblo (1995)
Character: Self
Presents a bit of the history of the migration of our people, people who came out opening new horizons and looking for new destinations. During that absence, it has been music that has defined us and served to remove barriers and grow closer.
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Edipo alcalde (1996)
Character: Deyanira
Edipo, is appointed mayor of a town plunged in misery and violence. His first mission is to discover and punish the murderers of Layo, a well-known potentate of the region. His investigation is directed towards all the armed factions that exist in Colombia.
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Deadline: Madrid (1988)
Character: Pilar
In Spain during the civil war. The American journalists Erin Wright and Robert Minelli enjoy their lives in bars. Then the courageous journalist Jonathan Tyler arrives - and shortly after disappears. Erin and Robert decide to continue his dangerous story and get drawn into a conspiracy.
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Una Mirada a: Puerto Rico (2006)
Character: Narrator
Part of a series of films produced by Vme TV that features aerial videography shot from a helicopter of points of interest. This film in particular features points of interest in Puerto Rico.
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Almost a Woman (2002)
Character: Tata
A young woman named Esmeralda and her family move to New York from a rural area of Puerto Rico. The transition is difficult due to the many challenges she and her family face.
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The Hemingway Play (1976)
Character: Luisa
A novel portrait of author Ernest Hemingway, in which four versions of the man from different points of his life exist simultaneously.
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The Cry (2007)
Character: Gloria the Curandera
In New York, detective Alex Scott is investigating with his partner Sergio Perez the disappearance of several children. When they visit the Mexican witch Gloria, the woman advises that a powerful evil force is chasing the reincarnation of her son and drowning the other children to bring pain to their mothers.
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The Blue Diner (2001)
Character: Meche
Blue Diner is a story of a Puerto Rican mother Meche (Miriam Colon) and daughter Elena (Lisa Vidal) living together in Boston and difficulties they face when Elena mysteriously loses her ability to speak Spanish, he first language. As Elena's language disappears, he boyfriend's (Jose Yenque) painting inexplicably appears at the museum where her mother Meche works.
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A Town Has Turned to Dust (1958)
Character: Dolores
The weakling sheriff of a small southwestern town allows a Mexican teenager to be lynched by a local mob for a crime he may not have committed.
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Best Kept Secrets (1984)
Character: Ina Dietz
Blaise Dietz (Patty Duke Astin) plays the wife of police officer Blaise Dietz (Frederic Forrest), who wants to join a special investigative unit. Forrest is denied this position on the basis of information concerning his wife. The information, which reveals a dicey extramarital affair, was culled from a department surveillance file that was supposed to have been destroyed by court order. Blaise battles through legal channels to expose the police force's illegal actions, even as she and her husband suffer the innuendoes and cold shoulders from his fellow officers.
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Starstruck (1981)
Character: Yolanda
Aspiring teen folk singer is torn whether to continue her singing or to accept an educational scholarship.
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They Call It Murder (1971)
Character: Anita Nogales
A small-town district attorney is saddled with several major investigations, including a gambler's murder and a possible insurance scam.
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Gun Hill Road (2011)
Character: Gloria
An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test.
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Scarface (1983)
Character: Mama Montana
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
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The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
Character: Veronica
An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.
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The Meanest Men in the West (1978)
Character: Eva Talbot
Bronson and Marvin star as murderous half-brothers who are running from the law as well as each other. A climatic confrontation proves to each of them just how mean the other can be. "The Meanest Men in the West" is actually an amalgam of two episodes of the hit 1960's TV series, "The Virginian." In one installment, a wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped by a nasty gunslinger. But the crime is only just a means for the ruffian to draw the tough title character into a blood- thirsty revenge scheme. In the second, a drifter burglarizes the Shiloh ranch. Then an unhinged girl relies on the man to aid in her flight from home.
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The Appaloosa (1966)
Character: Ana
A man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit.
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City of Hope (1991)
Character: Mrs. Ramirez
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.
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Gloria (1999)
Character: Maria
After serving a prison term for her boyfriend, a streetwise, middle-aged moll named Gloria stands up against the mobs, which is complicated by a six-year-old urchin with a will of his own, whom she reluctantly takes under her wing after his family has been gunned down.
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All the Pretty Horses (2000)
Character: Alfonsa
The year is 1949. A young Texan named John Grady finds himself without a home after his mother sells the ranch where he has spent his entire life. Lured south of the border by the romance of cowboy life and the promise of a fresh start, Cole and his pal embark on an adventure that will test their resilience, define their maturity, and change their lives forever.
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Harbor Lights (1963)
Character: Gina Rosario
Professional 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.
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Dr. Max (1974)
Character: Mrs. Camacho
A small-town doctor neglects his family to look after his patients.
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One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Character: Redhead
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.
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For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)
Character: Cirita Sandoval
In the early 1970s, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) is torn between his own musical dreams and the dreams of his wife, Marianela (Mía Maestro), a fervent supporter of the ideals of the Castro revolution. Also starring Charles S. Dutton as Dizzy Gillespie and José Zúñiga as Paquito D'Rivera, this gripping jazz biopic is at once a detailed portrait of a musician and a stinging critique
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Goal! (2005)
Character: Mercedes Muñez
Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that—a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for Premiership club Newcastle United.
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Mistrial (1996)
Character: Mrs. Cruz
When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, the judge and the jury hostage...and begins a trial of his own.
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The Girl Is in Trouble (2015)
Character: Grandma
A Lower East Side bartender becomes entangled in a murder mystery involving a desperate woman, a missing drug dealer and the scion of a powerful investment firm.
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Isabel La Negra (1979)
Character: Isabel
The film dramatizes the life of Isabel "la Negra" Luberza Oppenheimer. Pablo, a Caribbean peasant, and Isabel, a politician's mistress, open a brothel that becomes internationally famous. Though they gain wealth and power, the one thing that Isabel seeks continues to elude her.
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Sabrina (1995)
Character: Rosa
After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her.
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Back Roads (1981)
Character: Angel
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
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Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)
Character: Mercedes
Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the greatest challenge yet - personally as well as professionally. He is reunited with Gavin Harris, though they must compete to be on the team, and estranged from fiancee Roz, whose nursing career keeps her back home.
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The Desperate Mission (1969)
Character: Claudina
A man who has lost everything joins others paid to convey a wealthy man's wife - and a mysterious treasure - to safety in San Francisco.
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The Lightning Incident (1991)
Character: Dolores' mother
McKeon's baby is kidnapped by a devil-worshipping cult and she uses her new-found psychic abilities to track them down.
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Lone Star (1996)
Character: Mercedes Cruz
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
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Bless Me, Ultima (2013)
Character: Ultima
In a village in New Mexico, the life of young farm boy Antonio is dramatically changed when an old medicine woman joins his household. This affecting coming-of-age tale recounts Antonio's experiences to reveal the spiritual conflict in his community.
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Thunder Island (1963)
Character: Anita Chavez
A hit man hijacks a boat — and the married couple aboard — in order to carry out a contract on a dictator in the Caribbean.
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