Orlando Rodríguez

Orlando Rodríguez

Movies for Orlando Rodríguez...

Andrea y Lorenzo
Title: Andrea y Lorenzo
Character: Aurelio
Released: April 28, 2016
Type: Movie
Andrea is a young journalist who feels her professional and personal life have come to a halt. But the return of Lorenzo, her former college flame she once dumped, now turned rock star, will give her a new perspective on life, love, and being true to herself.
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Los unos y los otros
Title: Los unos y los otros
Character: Scientist #2
Released: August 2, 2009
Type: Movie
A women on death row is offered a way out of her sentence. There is only one condition... she must survive a test.
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Contraseña
Title: Contraseña
Released: December 4, 2008
Type: Movie
Follows a struggling family man whose day-to-day work is never enough to provide. Driven into the fast cash business of infringement, this easy-come, easy-go lifestyle of crime sadly holds true that no crime is too little of a crime.
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La gringa
Title: La gringa
Character: Mamita
Released: August 21, 2003
Type: Movie
Raised in New York, Marilyn Morales returns to Puerto Rico to claim an inheritance. Her obsession with Marilyn Monroe, dressing and acting like her, creates a clash of acceptance with the residents of the neighborhood. The new surroundings and clash will lead her in search for her identity.
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La guagua aérea
Title: La guagua aérea
Character: Lcdo. Aguayo
Released: March 1, 1993
Type: Movie
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.
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Luisa Capetillo: pasión de justicia
Title: Luisa Capetillo: pasión de justicia
Released: January 2, 1993
Type: Movie
Features the life of feminist Luisa Capetillo in late 19th and early 20th century Puerto Rico.
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Vieques: Isla Nena
Title: Vieques: Isla Nena
Character: Narrator
Released: January 2, 1992
Type: Movie
Explores the history of the island of Vieques, also known as Isla Nena.
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Cauce sin río
Title: Cauce sin río
Released: January 2, 1991
Type: Movie
Based on Enrique A. Laguerre's novel.
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Cuentos de Abelardo
Title: Cuentos de Abelardo
Character: Domingo
Released: January 2, 1990
Type: Movie
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.
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Yuyo
Title: Yuyo
Released: January 2, 1989
Type: Movie
Based on Miguel Meléndez Muñoz's novel.
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Mi aventura en Puerto Rico
Title: Mi aventura en Puerto Rico
Character: El Jibarito
Released: December 8, 1977
Type: Movie
Mom and Pop Aguilar and their two boys tour the island.
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Night of San Juan: Santo in Black Gold
Title: Night of San Juan: Santo in Black Gold
Character: Robot doctor
Released: February 8, 1977
Type: Movie
Santo is called in to stop robot terrorists from sabotaging oil supplies in Puerto Rico.
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The Gardener
Title: The Gardener
Released: October 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Carl the Gardner grows odd plants for a rich Yankee woman Ellen Bennett living in South America while exercising a mental hold over her. All his previous employers died mysteriously.
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No juzgarás a tus padres
Title: No juzgarás a tus padres
Released: May 8, 1969
Type: Movie
Self-hating mixed-race woman denies her African heritage.
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El jibarito Rafael
Title: El jibarito Rafael
Character: Rafael
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Relates the life of one of Puerto Rico's most loved and revered composer and songwriter, Rafael Hernández.
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Amor perdóname
Title: Amor perdóname
Character: Judge
Released: January 2, 1967
Type: Movie
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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Una mujer sin precio
Title: Una mujer sin precio
Released: February 24, 1966
Type: Movie
Exotic dancer with a masochistic streak can't decide which of two boyfriends treats her more thrillingly badly.
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Millonario a go-go
Title: Millonario a go-go
Released: December 9, 1965
Type: Movie
Jíbaro Machuchal inherits a piece of land in Condado Beach. When he arrives, he finds a hotel has been built on his land.
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Juicio contra un ángel
Title: Juicio contra un ángel
Released: June 5, 1964
Type: Movie
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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Cuando acaba la noche
Title: Cuando acaba la noche
Released: February 3, 1964
Type: Movie
In a New York hospital, a man is cured of heroin addiction after a grueling three-month treatment. Although no longer an addict, he has complete amnesia: the only clues to his past are an expensive ring he was wearing when admitted, and a book of matches from a Puerto Rican nightclub. He pawns the ring and buys clandestine passage on a boat to Puerto Rico in search of his identity.
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The Jug
Title: The Jug
Character: Quitrín
Released: January 2, 1964
Type: Movie
A cautionary film about what were thought to be rural superstitions and practices in Puerto Rico.
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Bello amanecer
Title: Bello amanecer
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
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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Los expatriados
Title: Los expatriados
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
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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Romance in Puerto Rico
Title: Romance in Puerto Rico
Released: November 21, 1962
Type: Movie
Rosina is frustrated by her engagement to millionaire John Johnson III, a fussy, domineering, control freak. The night before her wedding, she goes out dancing with her maid María, María's husband Tomás, and their friend Gordillo. When Rosina learns Gordillo is a sailor on the yacht owned by Mexican film star José María Beltrán, she decides to stow away and sail to Mexico to be with her grandmother.
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Más allá del Capitolio
Title: Más allá del Capitolio
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
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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Splendor
Title: Splendor
Character: Mayoral
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
It tells the story of a slave rebellion on a sugar plantation in the days leading up to the official abolition of slavery on the island on March 22, 1873.
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Maruja
Title: Maruja
Character: Porfirio
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
In a small rural town, everybody lays eyes on Maruja, the most beautiful woman there. After the son of the mayor comes back from France, he also notices Maruja, setting forth events of love, jealousy, guilt, and anger.
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Born Reckless
Title: Born Reckless
Character: Manuel
Released: November 2, 1958
Type: Movie
Rider Kelly Cobb travels to county rodeos to win money so he can buy a patch of land he wants to call his own. He rescues trick rider Jackie Adams from the clutches of an amorous sports ...
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Pillars of the Sky
Title: Pillars of the Sky
Character: Malachi
Released: September 14, 1956
Type: Movie
First Sergeant Emmett Bell faces off with Apache chieftain Kamiakin in this nuanced portrayal of racial tensions between Native Americans and white settlers in 1860s Oregon Country.
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The Monster of the Shadow
Title: The Monster of the Shadow
Character: Chan Li Po
Released: March 10, 1955
Type: Movie