Antonio Martorell
Also Known As: Antonio Martorell Cardona, Antonio "Toño" Martorell Cardona
Biography: Antonio "Toño" Martorell Cardona is a printmaker, painter, draftsman, installation artist, stage and costume designer, writer, illustrator, and teacher. He is one of the most prolific Puerto Rican artists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Santurce, Puerto Rico
Adult: No
Birthday: April 18, 1939
Age: 86 years old
Gender: Male
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Las Camelias
Overview: A movie based on the famous novel "Las Camelias"
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2022-10-27
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Anatomy of a Dress
Overview: This documentary presents the passion, the talents, the history, the struggles, and the local and international triumphs of the most renowned fashion designers in Puerto Rico. The history of garment making in Puerto Rico has marked our history, culture, and traditions forever. The exploitative history, as a labor manual industry, which served as the base for what we have today as a fashion industry is also portrayed.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-10-28
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Linda Sara
Overview: Facing financial ruin, four siblings decide to sell the valuables within their mother's house, without telling her and by embellishing their history.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1995-01-12
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Julia, toda en mí
Overview: A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-07-20
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La gran fiesta
Overview: In 1942, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a casino is organizing a farewell party for its patrons, since it's about to be turned into a US military base. The guests drink, seduce and gossip, but some also plot against each other.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1986-12-01
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Las huellas de Nilita
Overview: Documentary about the life and work of noted journalist and writer, Nilita Vientós Gastón.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-01-02
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Entangling Shadows
Overview: Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its structure is based in 12 short films directed by various Latin American directors. These are: 1) "Los inicios", Iván Trujillo 2) "Cuando comenzamos a hablar", María Novaro 3) "Jugando en serio", Jacobo Morales 4) "De cuerpo presente [Las espirales perpetuas del placer y el poder] Cine Mexicano [1931- 1997]", Marcela Fernández Violante 5) "Cuando quisimos ser adultos", Edmundo Aray and David Rodríguez 6) "Cinema Novo", Orlando Senna 7) "Memorias de una isla, Juan Carlos Tabío 8) "Un grito, 24 cuadros por segundo", Julio García-Espinosa 9) "El día de la independencia", Federico García 10) "¿Sólo las formas permanecen?", Fernando Birri and Pablo Rodríguez Gauregui 11) "Todo final es un principio", Andrés Marriquín.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1998-06-02
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El Forajido: The Cautionary Tale of Toño Bicicleta
Overview: Documentary of Puerto Rico's most infamous fugitive, Toño Bicicleta, and the roles that media manipulation, police corruption, and colonial repression played in the transformation of a common criminal into a folkloric hero.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-01-02
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The Happy Accident
Overview: Embarks on a journey that traces the life and work of Antonio Martorell, a prolific plastic and multi-disciplinary artist in Puerto Rico. This film is a dance between the director (Paloma Suau) and the portraitist while portraying each other. More than a documentary, this film is an experiment of a director trying to reconnect with her creative voice.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2020-02-13
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Jugando en serio
Overview: A group of filmmakers analyze the situation of their country's cinema while some children record them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1998-01-02
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Perfume de gardenias
Overview: After the death of her husband, a grieving elderly woman is enlisted by a coterie of gossipy elderly women in her neighborhood to plan and create custom funerals – offering seniors a chance to plan in advance how they want their funerals to be presented, and how they want their lives to be celebrated.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2021-11-11
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Myrna Báez: Los espejos del silencio
Overview: The life and work of Puerto Rican painter and print-maker Myrna Báez are explored in this documentary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1989-12-31
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Ese olor a lechón
Overview: An experimental dance company integrated by overweight dancers pay homage to Botero's work in their latest production 'More of you to love.' Omy, the lead dancer, has to deal with his low self-esteem when he's asked to perform nude while being confronted with his faith, when his wife-to-be converts.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-11-01
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