Gladys Rodríguez
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Puerto Rican actress, comedian, and television host.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Santurce, Puerto Rico
Birthday: June 04, 1943
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Caller
Overview: Troubled divorcee Mary Kee is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. When the stranger reveals she's calling from the past, Mary tries to break off contact. But the caller doesn't like being ignored, and looks for revenge in a unique and terrifying way...
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-26
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Una aventura llamada Menudo
Overview: Xavier, Miguel, Johnny, Ricky, and Charlie (the members of Menudo) decide to take a hot air ballon to a concert and end up crashing in the woods. The boys have their own adventures (jumping in the mud, skateboarding, stealing motorbikes, playing practical jokes on each other, throwing sea sponges, and meeting beautiful girls) while the record company tries to get them back so that they can perform in concert.
Genres: Adventure Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-11-18
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Dios los cría...
Overview: Film consisting of five stories: "Dios los cría...", dealing with brothers' rivalry for an inheritance; "Negocio redondo", about a lawyer selling a property to the Catholic church with guilty feelings; "Entre 12 y 1", where a couple and a close friend get trapped in an elevator; "La gran noche", a night in the life of an old prostitute; and "La otra", where a man alternates between two women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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What Happened to Santiago
Overview: Santiago, a retired accountant, casually meets Angelina during one of his daily walks in Old San Juan. They soon become friends, even though she refuses to give out any personal information.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1989-06-22
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El poder del Shakti
Overview: Joseph Lando, the Hercolobus man himself, fights all sorts of mystical mayhem in this over-the-top yet delightful Puerto Rican classic.
Genres: Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1996-06-20
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The Devil's Woman
Overview: A man who lives in a house in a little town in Guatemala that has a reputation of being a sinful place, falls in love with a young girl.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1974-06-13
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A Flight of Hope
Overview: A comedy narrating the adventures of ten Puerto Ricans looking for a better life. The film centers on an airplane trip to New York during 1960's. It relates in a comical, yet poignant manner, the array of reasons each of the passengers has for leaving Puerto Rico and the challenges they face as suggested by the interactions of the Anglo crew and the passengers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1993-03-01
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Dios los cría...
Overview: Film consisting of five stories: "Dios los cría...", dealing with brothers' rivalry for an inheritance; "Negocio redondo", about a lawyer selling a property to the Catholic church with guilty feelings; "Entre 12 y 1", where a couple and a close friend get trapped in an elevator; "La gran noche", a night in the life of an old prostitute; and "La otra", where a man alternates between two women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Mr. Dólar
Overview: A Puerto Rican goes to New York to seek his fortune.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1964-12-18
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Shortcut to Paradise
Overview: Quinn shows up at an apartment building in Paradise, a small backwoods community in Puerto Rico, purporting to be the new caretaker the owner has been expecting. He gets right to work, making a good impression on everybody, except Gus, the reclusive teenage gas station attendant. Soon, sinister things come to pass
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1994-08-14
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El sueño del regreso
Overview: A handful of immigrants make a bittersweet pilgrimage back to the land of their birth in this comedy drama. Ten people who have little in common beyond the fact they were all originally from Puerto Rico and now live in New York, discover they've won a contest giving them each a free, all-expenses paid vacation -- in Puerto Rico. While some are eager to visit the place they once called home, others are nervous about what they will find and wary about confronting the people and things they left behind.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-12-22
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Cows Wearing Glasses
Overview: Marcelino is an eccentric, introverted painter and art professor who, approaching his sunset years, learns he has a disease that could render him blind at any moment. As he begins to put his emotional affairs in order, including his strained relationship with his daughter, he must face the inevitable.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-09-11
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Cuentos de Abelardo
Overview: A selection of three short stories by Puerto Rican writer Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (“Don Procopio”, “Peyo Mercé enseña inglés”, and “Bagazo”), portraying typical characters of the Puerto Rican social and economic classes in the 1940's.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1990-01-02
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The Escape
Overview: The Orama Family, coffee growers for generations in the central mountain region of Puerto Rico, cherish their traditions and their famous gourmet coffee. The entire household is abuzz preparing for the wedding of Isabel, the youngest daughter. The bride, however, is getting cold feet and plans to run away on the eve of her wedding.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-02-14
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Sudor amargo
Overview: An inspiring, realistic portrayal of a group of female workers struggling to keep their jobs at a doomed Puerto Rican cannery. The volatile atmosphere worsens when their boss is found murdered one morning. As the investigation goes on and each of the women is questioned, the strain puts their friendship to the ultimate test.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-08-20
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El satánico
Overview: The film follows the exploits of a small gang of jewel thieves who employ a little person as their ultimate tool.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1968-06-07
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Barrio Obrero
Overview: The story of two adolescents whose love is threatened by the violence they live in their school.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-10-27
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Amores
Overview: Amores explores the world of acting from its most basic and solitary form: the monologue. If only an actor, a text, and someone who hears it are needed to make an acting exercise, then Amores offers fourteen splendid acts from renowned professionals in Puerto Rico. Amores is composed by different monologues that, in set, offer reflection on aspects of love. In this manner, the title becomes a statement: amor es... (love is...)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-12-28
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A Long Journey Toward Death
Overview: Juan is subjected to shock treatment in the hands of Dr. David, and apparently is able to resume a "normal" life. He and his wife María make dolls in a workshop attached to their apartment in New York. However, John does not heal and he starts looking for the nurses to murder them.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1968-07-03
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Los expatriados
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Milagro en Yauco
Overview: A young boy has a vision on Christmas Eve that changes him and his entire village.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1996-01-02
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La recompensa
Overview: A young woman flees just before her wedding day and disappears to avoid facing the consequences of her actions.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2008-09-15
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Zompi
Overview: Alex, a 10 year old child, faces the trauma of his parents' divorce, a new home, neighborhood, and school. Alex dreams of being a famous ballplayer like his father, but the instability of his new life makes him an insecure child and unable to recognize his talent. The arrival of Zompi, a virtual intelligent animal, transforms and helps him overcome all his fears.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-04-30
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Amores como todos los demás
Overview: Deals with themes such as bulimia and anorexia, suicide in adolescents, male prostitution, alcoholism, single parents raising children, among others.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1999-01-02
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Marta y Cristóbal
Overview: A widowed man meets a younger woman at a bus stop.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2008-01-02
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Stranded in Paradise
Overview: When a driven HR exec loses her high-powered job, she travels to Puerto Rico in an attempt to save her career at a business conference. But as the trip quickly becomes a disaster and a hurricane shuts down the whole island, she meets a handsome world traveler who gives her a new perspective on finding passion in life and love.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-09
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¡Qué buena vida!
Overview: Portrays two wealthy families who encourage the acquisition of money through the easy way and the effects of their illicit actions. In their eagerness to maintain their social level, one of the families neglects their daughter, thinking that money is everything. The other maintains making money as north because they come from a poor social stratum.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-06-13
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