Gerardo Ortiz

Gerardo Ortiz

Born: August 6, 1962
in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Movies for Gerardo Ortiz...

Pan de la Esquina
Title: Pan de la Esquina
Character: Luis
Released: November 9, 2023
Type: Movie
Diosdado spends his time debating with customers, particularly with his boss, who holds strong opinions about the financial aspects of the convenience store where he works.
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La llamarada
Title: La llamarada
Character: Don Oscar Mendoza
Released: June 6, 2016
Type: Movie
Adaptation from Enrique A. Laguerre's novel "La llamarada". It depicts the struggles of Puerto Rican peons in the sugar cane fields during the 1930's.
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La espera desespera
Title: La espera desespera
Released: November 15, 2012
Type: Movie
Jorge has no money or insurance when his wife needs heart surgery, so he decides to rob a bank.
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Estampas de Teyo Gracia
Title: Estampas de Teyo Gracia
Character: El figurín
Released: February 1, 2009
Type: Movie
A compilation of twelve short stories from one of Puerto Rico's most prolific writers, Abelardo Díaz Alfaro. These are: "El figurín", "El ejecutivo", "El muerto encogío", "La historia de la polilla", "Julia Rosa", "El funerario", "La mujer y su poder de dominio", "La locura del Rock & Roll", "Las píldoras juvenilinas", "Una estatua al ñame", "El bautizo de la leche", and "Una suegra lista".
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Tapia: el primer puertorriqueño
Title: Tapia: el primer puertorriqueño
Character: Narrator
Released: January 29, 2009
Type: Movie
Documentary on the life and works of Alejandro Tapia y Rivera.
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Las dos caras de Jano
Title: Las dos caras de Jano
Released: April 5, 2008
Type: Movie
It's December, but the people of San Juan aren’t feeling the Christmas spirit. A serial killer has snuffed the life out of some of the most renowned bachelors. A doctor, a dentist, a social columnist and a university professor are the most recent victims of the "The Angel of the Bachelors", a handsome young man who captivates closet homosexuals and stabs them to death following a sexual encounter with them.
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El cimarrón
Title: El cimarrón
Character: Don Domingo
Released: October 1, 2006
Type: Movie
El cimarrón is a love story about a young African couple, Marcos and Carolina, that takes place in the slavery era at the turn of the nineteen-century in a Caribbean island. After several futile escape plans, Marcos finally escaped. Now free, he returns to liberate his beloved Carolina.
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El sueño del regreso
Title: El sueño del regreso
Released: December 22, 2005
Type: Movie
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.
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Parece que fue ayer
Title: Parece que fue ayer
Released: October 24, 2005
Type: Movie
Portrays the cultural changes experienced in Puerto Rico since the 1950's until 2000, through the story of a family.
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Desamores
Title: Desamores
Released: November 11, 2004
Type: Movie
There has been a grave massacre within a highly successful insurance company in Puerto Rico. The owners, a married couple, have been slaughtered along with their employees. While the police are investigating, a private investigator, Isabelo, is hired. The investigation takes place in an underworld of frayed relationships and foul connections. It is a detective story that revolves around unforeseen secrets dealing in the occult and certain passions that only appear to spawn loathing.
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El anillo
Title: El anillo
Released: August 15, 2004
Type: Movie
A diamond ring is lost during a high-society party, creating different situations as it passes from person to person.
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El 7mo ángel
Title: El 7mo ángel
Character: Jaime
Released: October 29, 2000
Type: Movie
After the fall of Lucifer, seven of the most powerful Angels joined their forces against God and tried to take over the Heavens. Their attempt failed... As punishment, they were vanished from the Reign and scattered across the Universe. All except one, who was to live on Earth among the humans without any notion of his true past. Now, at the end of the Millennium, the Angels have reunited, and descended to Earth in search of the missing one... Revenge is about to begin, mankind is in inevitable danger, and our only hope resides on the Seventh Angel.
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Leyendas de Puerto Rico
Title: Leyendas de Puerto Rico
Character: General Pratts / Sacerdote
Released: January 2, 1999
Type: Movie
A film narrative on Puerto Rican playwright and journalist don Cayetano Coll y Toste. Three of his most famous stories are reenacted: "El Santo Cristo de la Salud", "El Espíritu del Carretero", and "La Garita del Diablo".
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Miles: The Other History of 98
Title: Miles: The Other History of 98
Released: November 2, 1998
Type: Movie
Dramatization of the American invasion in Puerto Rico during 1898.
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Cuentos para despertar
Title: Cuentos para despertar
Character: Teacher
Released: January 2, 1998
Type: Movie
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 josco", "Santa Cló va a la cuchilla", and "Don Fruto Torres".
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La guagua aérea
Title: La guagua aérea
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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Cuentos de Abelardo
Title: Cuentos de Abelardo
Character: Teyito
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.