Joaquín Jarque

Joaquín Jarque

Born: March 1, 1966
in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Movies for Joaquín Jarque...

San Juan, más allá de las murallas
Title: San Juan, más allá de las murallas
Released: October 6, 2022
Type: Movie
Explore the 500-year history of the city of San Juan, from the move from Caparra to the different invasions during these centuries. It also looks at how different situations and people were key to what is now the capital of Puerto Rico. This documentary presents, through the recreation of key situations, archival material, and accounts of historians and researchers, decisive moments that influenced what is now the capital.
bee
Los Reyes: la verdadera historia del Búster y el Camaleón
Title: Los Reyes: la verdadera historia del Búster y el Camaleón
Character: Hertz
Released: December 4, 2014
Type: Movie
Inspired on the true story of drug lord José Figueroa Agosto, commonly known as Junior Cápsula. A Puerto Rican drug convict escapes from jail and flees to Santo Domingo, where he continues his drug business and meets a woman who becomes his lover.
bee
El Grito de Lares: un momento en la historia
Title: El Grito de Lares: un momento en la historia
Character: Betances (voice)
Released: January 2, 2011
Type: Movie
An inside look at the play "El Grito de Lares: a moment in history", presented every year on the eve of the event. Includes interviews with the cast and crew of the play.
bee
Caos
Title: Caos
Released: September 30, 2010
Type: Movie
It’s a somewhat alternate near future... Puerto Rico is losing confidence in its political parties that for years took over loyal fanatics. The people elected with its eyes closed their first independent governor in the country’s history only to have his corrupted regime overthrown by rebels. The country has revolved. Added to this chaos is the fact that a mysterious virus, which has taken over our water supply from rivers and lakes, has infected a large portion of the citizens with symptoms like skin deterioration, extreme sensibility to sounds, and, in a matter of days, death.
bee
Title: White Collar
Character: Minister of Finance
Released: October 23, 2009
Type: TV
In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive white-collar criminals.
bee
Tercera
Title: Tercera
Released: December 14, 2008
Type: Movie
Four young people, who show no respect for their elders, wake up one morning to the surprise they are now 70 years old.
bee
La recompensa
Title: La recompensa
Released: September 15, 2008
Type: Movie
A young woman flees just before her wedding day and disappears to avoid facing the consequences of her actions.
bee
Kings of South Beach
Title: Kings of South Beach
Released: March 12, 2007
Type: Movie
This fact-based crime thriller details the downfall of Miami's hottest nightclub. Chris Troiano owns the trendiest nightclub in all of South Beach; a place where the line always winds down the block and only the most beautiful people make it past the velvet rope.
bee
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.
bee
Vidas como la tuya
Title: Vidas como la tuya
Character: Manuel (segment: "La dama y el obrero")
Released: August 31, 2005
Type: Movie
Four stories with the intention to make the people reflect on their actions, decisions, and how they affect others around them.
bee
El cuerpo del delito
Title: El cuerpo del delito
Released: May 11, 2005
Type: Movie
The shocking and compelling true story of two women; one savagely raped, tortured and burned; the other, a detective that makes this case her mission. United by destiny and tragedy, they find strength in each other to find the criminals who committed such a brutal and violent crime.
bee
Animal
Title: Animal
Character: Police Leader
Released: May 1, 2005
Type: Movie
His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James "Animal"Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets a revolutionary who changes his life. Now a reformed man, James is released only to find that his own son has assumed a life of crime and violence. Can a father haunted by his past redeem his family from the very streets he created, or will he be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice?
bee
Amores
Title: Amores
Released: December 28, 2004
Type: Movie
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...)
bee
Historia de un trompetista
Title: Historia de un trompetista
Released: March 2, 2004
Type: Movie
Located in a popular neighborhood, three stories are interwoven by means of violence. The struggles and vicissitudes of a group of young people seeking to get out of the negative environment that threatens to consume their lives is portrayed. Inspired by the true story of Ricky, a trumpeter student who was murdered.
bee
My Lucky Day
Title: My Lucky Day
Released: April 24, 1998
Type: Movie
An urban comedy about a day in the life of Falopio Piomonte, a humble filing clerk in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After going to the local bank to deposit his paycheck, Falopio gets accidentally involved in a major bank robbery. A series of terrible mishaps follow, which threaten to drive him completely mad.
bee
Héroes de otra patria
Title: Héroes de otra patria
Released: April 1, 1998
Type: Movie
This docu-drama deals with the lives of two soldiers from Puerto Rico enlisted to fight during the Vietnam conflict. Based on a real-life incident, the movie relates the young soldiers' ambiguity about the war and the tragic consequences their plight holds for them, as well as their families.
bee
La noche que se apareció Toño Bicicleta
Title: La noche que se apareció Toño Bicicleta
Released: November 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Three couples camping in a Puerto Rican town have an unexpected encounter with a famous criminal, changing their lives forever.