Jacobo Morales Movies

Based on a real-life death penalty case in Puerto Rico. The execution of Arocho and Clemente was one of the last ones to take place in the island.

A group of filmmakers analyze the situation of their country's cinema while some children record them.

Abelardo Díaz Alfaro visits the places that inspired him to write his book "Terrazzo". His life and work is explored through interviews with...

When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest...

Film consisting of five stories: "Dios los cría...", dealing with brothers' rivalry for an inheritance; "Negocio redondo", about a lawyer...

A young woman flees just before her wedding day and disappears to avoid facing the consequences of her actions.

Explores old age, death, economic hardship and homosexuality, its acceptance and tolerance.

The film follows the actions of a corrupt police captain, the title-character Ángel Lugo. Lugo is responsible for the wrongful imprisonment of...

A look at Puerto Rico and its cinema through films, documentaries, and commercials from the early twentieth century to the emerging cinema of today....

Facing financial ruin, four siblings decide to sell the valuables within their mother's house, without telling her and by embellishing their history.

A group of comedians tell everyday stories of a barriada.

Three stories ("Lo mismo de otra manera", "Félix", and "Te tengo una sorpresa") that delve deeply into issues such as human solidarity,...

The shocking and compelling true story of two women; one savagely raped, tortured and burned; the other, a detective that makes this case her...

Tortuga is a young man who runs away from home seeking to escape reality. On the journey, he discovers that the solution to his problems is not...

After spending 5 years in Hollywood, California, Carlos has go back to his home in Puerto Rico to make his first feature film.

Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its...

Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her...

A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.

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...

Heaven is in chaos. God left for Earth to seek faith and hope in humanity. San Wichón stays in charge of the Celestial Senate and, in his...