Antonio Torres Martinó

Antonio Torres Martinó


Died: April 22, 2011
in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican painter, artist, journalist, and writer.

Movies for Antonio Torres Martinó...

Brainless Juan
Title: Brainless Juan
Character: Narrator
Released: April 7, 2013
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Luis A. Maisonet’s 1959 film "Juan sin seso", Israel Lugo’s "Brainless Juan" looks at how, half a century later, celebrity influences the individual. Using the original audio from the 1959 film, "Brainless Juan" shows images of everyday life in Santurce’s streets and back alleys, using subtle irony to deliver a strong message.
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Adombe: la presencia africana en Puerto Rico
Title: Adombe: la presencia africana en Puerto Rico
Character: Narrator
Released: January 2, 1992
Type: Movie
Documentary film about the history and influence of Africans in Puerto Rican society. In addition to still photographs, film clips and interviews, the film utilizes dramatizations of scenes from the life of the poet Luis Palés Matos to illustrate the history and contributions of black Puerto Ricans through the centuries.
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Puerto Rico: arte e identidad
Title: Puerto Rico: arte e identidad
Character: Himself
Released: January 2, 1991
Type: Movie
Traces the themes and characteristics present in the plastic arts of Puerto Rico, which represent a search for the Puerto Rican identity.
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La plena
Title: La plena
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
One of the DivEdCo's films that best depicts the history and evolution of another genre of popular music from the coasts and of African origin: the plena. It presents sequences of interpreters of those rhythms in Ponce, in the dances of the coastal areas, and the fusion of popular and refined genres in presentations by Ballets de San Juan of the ballet-plena by Amaury Veray, "Cuando las mujeres" ("When the Women").
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Thunder Island
Title: Thunder Island
Character: Colonel Cepeda
Released: August 24, 1963
Type: Movie
A hit man hijacks a boat — and the married couple aboard — in order to carry out a contract on a dictator in the Caribbean.
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Harbor Lights
Title: Harbor Lights
Character: Captain Acosta
Released: July 1, 1963
Type: Movie
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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Más allá del Capitolio
Title: Más allá del Capitolio
Character: Don Rodrigo (voice)
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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Pedro Flores
Title: Pedro Flores
Character: narrator
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Biographical documentary on the life and work of Pedro Flores, internationally renowned Puerto Rican musician.
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Brainless John
Title: Brainless John
Character: Narrator
Released: December 31, 1959
Type: Movie
A man believes all the advertising he hears.
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Maruja
Title: Maruja
Character: Carlos
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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¿Qué opina la mujer?
Title: ¿Qué opina la mujer?
Character: Narrator
Released: January 2, 1957
Type: Movie
The role that women should play in the modern-day Puerto Rican family is discussed. The discussion is dramatized by a rural husband and wife involved in a domestic dispute.
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El santero
Title: El santero
Character: Narrator
Released: December 31, 1956
Type: Movie
Zoilo Cajigas y Sotomayor is a carver of wooden models of saints. Don Zoilo is one of Puerto Rico's best-known artisans and was 96 years old at the time of the filming. The film shows the elaborate process behind his craftsmanship.
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The One with White Shanks
Title: The One with White Shanks
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
The blacklisted American documentarian Willard Van Dyke filmed this tale about tobacco workers in the heart of the Puerto Rican countryside. Heeding their wives’ advice, individuals join forces in a cooperative so they can sell their crop of tobacco leaves at fair market value.
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A Voice on the Mountain
Title: A Voice on the Mountain
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Field workers in Puerto Rico want to have a night school.
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Desde las nubes
Title: Desde las nubes
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1949
Type: Movie
The first documentary produced by the Division of Community Education (DivEdCo) featuring modern and experimental audio techniques with aerial shots of Puerto Rico showing its topography, educationally inserting the island within a world-wide historical context and highlighting its agricultural and social landscape.