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El cielo y tú (1971)
Character: Padre Mauro
Priest suffers a head injury, develops amnesia, ends up in a hippie commune.
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Una mujer sin precio (1966)
Character: N/A
Exotic dancer with a masochistic streak can't decide which of two boyfriends treats her more thrillingly badly.
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La noche de don Manuel (1963)
Character: N/A
A generational conflict is reflected in the old-fashioned ideas of the landowner, who imposes himself as a dominant figure in the political activity of the rural communities of Puerto Rico.
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Intolerancia (1959)
Character: N/A
A melodramatic romance that tells the story of a community that shuns the arrival of a new neighbor.
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Mulato (1974)
Character: Damián
René and some gunmen take control of an island. His former girlfriend Isabel visits him, but notices he has subjugated his partner. Realizing his cruelty, she tries to run away, but is captured and imprisoned.
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Tres puertorriqueñas y un deseo (1966)
Character: N/A
Three women recognize a man at a bar, but disagree on his name. They start telling the stories of how they met him and how he abandoned them.
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Amor perdóname (1967)
Character: Prosecutor
Businessman Carlos meets Ana María in a Mexico City nightclub. He escorts her home, and makes a date for the next day. Ana María is actually a prostitute whose pimp, Arturo, thinks Carlos would be a good client, and urges her to be nice to him. They fall in love, and Carlos proposes marriage to her, indicating he must return to Puerto Rico soon.
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Más allá del Capitolio (1962)
Character: N/A
A small town celebrates the triumph of their revolution. Under the euphoria of the moment, the town's founder is declared a traitor and the destruction of his statue is decided by the people. A journalist buys the statue before it is destroyed. Later, the townspeople discover that the statue isn't from who they thought it was and they decide to retrieve it. The journalist, however, doesn't want to give it back, giving rise to the dilemma.
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Simplemente María (1972)
Character: Esteban
María Ramos, a young woman of peasant origin, arrives in the capital and finds work as a domestic servant. Her life is divided by the attraction she feels for two men: the young man in the house where she works, who soon seduces and deceives her, and the teacher who teaches her to read and write. She soon becomes a seamstress in the neighborhood and later a sought-after designer. Her love for the teacher becomes clear.
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Juicio contra un ángel (1964)
Character: N/A
A widower arrives in Puerto Rico with his son Angelito. The father dies and the boy goes to live with his grandfather who plays guitar in the streets. Angelito accompanies him singing and earns good money, but a political uncle accuses the grandfather of exploiting the boy and takes him to an orphanage.
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Correa Cotto: ¡así me llaman! (1968)
Character: Lieutenant Pérez
The film follows the crime sprees of Antonio Correa Cotto, as he seeks revenge against the people that assaulted his girlfriend.
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Operación Tiburón (1965)
Character: N/A
A popular singer is suspected of being involved with a notorious drug dealer, el Tiburón (the Shark). Meanwhile, a friend of the singer is recruited by Interpol to find the criminal's real identity.
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Los expatriados (1963)
Character: Antonio
The film, which is an ode to Rafael Hernández's song "Lamento borincano", is a social commentary of the political and social policies of the 40's and 50's which led to the abandonment of what was seen by many as the "pure", "virtuous" life of the finca (farm) for the "corrupting" influence of urban centers like San Juan and New York City.
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Mr. Dólar (1964)
Character: Antonio
A Puerto Rican goes to New York to seek his fortune.
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El Callao (1969)
Character: Police detective
After successfully executing a robbery, a group of thieves start to unravel. At the same time, a priest is mistaken for one of the members. Will he break the seal of confession and reveal the identity of the guilty party in order to clear his name?
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Luisa tenía razón (1968)
Character: Ramón
Explores concerns about uterine cancer and the value of the Pap Test in detecting this serious type of cancer.
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Caña brava (1965)
Character: Henrique Martin, the Land Owner
A sailor decides to marry his girlfriend, but her boss is in love with her and orders a beating for her boyfriend. Once the sailor regains consciousness, he is accused of murder and must flee. Once he gets to the port, however, he is beaten again, losing his memory as a consequence.
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Bello amanecer (1964)
Character: N/A
The spectacular beauty of María awakens the most hot and crazy passions among all the men of the island, including Jorge and Roberto. The two fishermen will vie for her love, by any means necessary.
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Renzo el gitano (1973)
Character: Renzo el gitano
Rodolfo wants to marry the aristocrat Adriana who rejects him. Humberto, her brother, kills a man for her. Rodolfo attributes the crime to the gypsy Renzo so that Adriana will gratefully marry him. Renzo is sent to the island of the condemned, where he is left for dead.
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Puerto Rico en carnaval (1965)
Character: N/A
Tin Tan sets off for adventure on the isle of Puerto Rico. This musical comedy takes place in the International Airport of Puerto Rico during a day of carnival. Knowing the problems that go hand-in-hand with the carnival, the airport director appoints a team to deal with a threat from an anonymous letter.
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Harbor Lights (1963)
Character: Manolo
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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Sugar (2008)
Character: Frank
Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar's dream sour.
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