Jacobo Morales

Jacobo Morales

Born: November 12, 1934
in Lajas, Puerto Rico
Jacobo Morales Ramírez (born November 12, 1934) is a Puerto Rican actor, poet, writer, playwright, filmmaker, and auteur. He is considered by many to be the most influential filmmaker in Puerto Rico. Jacobo Morales' "Lo que le pasó a Santiago" (1989) reached an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990, being the only Academy Award recognition a Puerto Rican film has yet to reach.

Movies for Jacobo Morales...

Broche de oro: Comienzos
Title: Broche de oro: Comienzos
Character: Rafael
Released: September 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Rafael, Pablo and Anselmo meet at an elders’ home. Their friendship grows based on their sense of humor and will to live. Life at the home can be sad. With their typical wit, they recruit other residents, particularly three ladies nicknamed the Greeks. Together they challenge the home's rules of behavior and register into a sports contest for a juicy prize. Because there are no rules for growing old, Broche de oro: Beginnings celebrates life and reminds us to live it to the fullest until the end.
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Al final del eclipse
Title: Al final del eclipse
Released: January 2, 2017
Type: Movie
Explores old age, death, economic hardship and homosexuality, its acceptance and tolerance.
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Andrea y Lorenzo
Title: Andrea y Lorenzo
Character: Priest
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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Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual
Title: Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual
Character: Himself
Released: October 28, 2014
Type: Movie
A look at Puerto Rico and its cinema through films, documentaries, and commercials from the early twentieth century to the emerging cinema of today. Visual and narrative strategies portray fragments of Puerto Rico's general history and, in turn, answers the questions of who, when, and for whom have ​​films been made in Puerto Rico and the resources that are available to do it.
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I Am a Director
Title: I Am a Director
Character: Jacobo
Released: May 9, 2013
Type: Movie
After spending 5 years in Hollywood, California, Carlos has go back to his home in Puerto Rico to make his first feature film.
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Broche de Oro
Title: Broche de Oro
Character: Rafael Medina
Released: September 13, 2012
Type: Movie
Rafael, Elmo, and Pablo run away from the strict Catholic retirement home where they live with Carlos, Rafael's grandson, to embark on an adventure and prove life does not stop because of age.
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Medio minuto
Title: Medio minuto
Released: January 2, 2012
Type: Movie
In the night of her fifty-four wedding anniversary, Rafaela finds out that Angel, her husband, has recently visit his ex-lover. This incident awakes old emotions, but at the same time brings a big surprise.
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El viaje de Tortuga
Title: El viaje de Tortuga
Released: December 5, 2010
Type: Movie
Tortuga is a young man who runs away from home seeking to escape reality. On the journey, he discovers that the solution to his problems is not leaving his community, but changing his views on his surroundings.
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Il Viaggio
Title: Il Viaggio
Released: July 21, 2010
Type: Movie
Interconnects the life of four Puerto Rican actors and a Colombian director while they participate in a Theater Improvisation Festival. They will be forced to reflect on their future in art amid economic crisis, global warming, and technological dependency.
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Todo el año es Navidad
Title: Todo el año es Navidad
Character: Nicolás
Released: November 26, 2009
Type: Movie
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La recompensa
Title: La recompensa
Character: Paco
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.
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Angel
Title: Angel
Character: Mariano Farías
Released: August 16, 2007
Type: Movie
The film follows the actions of a corrupt police captain, the title-character Ángel Lugo. Lugo is responsible for the wrongful imprisonment of Mariano Farías and the murder of his pregnant wife. After 15 years in a federal prison, Farías is still determined to prove his innocence.
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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.
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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...)
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And God Created Them 2
Title: And God Created Them 2
Released: May 5, 2004
Type: Movie
Three stories ("Lo mismo de otra manera", "Félix", and "Te tengo una sorpresa") that delve deeply into issues such as human solidarity, infidelity, and social conflicts in contemporary Puerto Rico.
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Desandando la vida
Title: Desandando la vida
Character: Julio Dones
Released: September 15, 2003
Type: Movie
The story of a man who after the death of his wife begins to show signs of Alzheimer's disease. The film illustrates how each family member reacts to this event and how this man feels that his life is going back to a road already traveled.
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Julia, toda en mí
Title: Julia, toda en mí
Released: July 20, 2002
Type: Movie
A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.
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Abelardo Díaz Alfaro: Homenaje Póstumo
Title: Abelardo Díaz Alfaro: Homenaje Póstumo
Character: Self
Released: August 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Abelardo Díaz Alfaro visits the places that inspired him to write his book "Terrazzo". His life and work is explored through interviews with friends and colleagues.
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Angelito mío
Title: Angelito mío
Character: Dios
Released: November 11, 1998
Type: Movie
Heaven is in chaos. God left for Earth to seek faith and hope in humanity. San Wichón stays in charge of the Celestial Senate and, in his campaign for the governorship, things get out of control. Disillusioned because Heaven is no longer a paradise, the girl angel María de las Estrellas (Mary of the Stars) descends to Earth to look for Heaven's top boss.
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The Effects of Magic
Title: The Effects of Magic
Character: Rodolfo
Released: September 28, 1998
Type: Movie
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Entangling Shadows
Title: Entangling Shadows
Character: Self
Released: June 2, 1998
Type: Movie
Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its structure is based in 12 short films directed by various Latin American directors. These are: 1) "Los inicios", Iván Trujillo 2) "Cuando comenzamos a hablar", María Novaro 3) "Jugando en serio", Jacobo Morales 4) "De cuerpo presente [Las espirales perpetuas del placer y el poder] Cine Mexicano [1931- 1997]", Marcela Fernández Violante 5) "Cuando quisimos ser adultos", Edmundo Aray and David Rodríguez 6) "Cinema Novo", Orlando Senna 7) "Memorias de una isla, Juan Carlos Tabío 8) "Un grito, 24 cuadros por segundo", Julio García-Espinosa 9) "El día de la independencia", Federico García 10) "¿Sólo las formas permanecen?", Fernando Birri and Pablo Rodríguez Gauregui 11) "Todo final es un principio", Andrés Marriquín.
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Cuentos para despertar
Title: Cuentos para despertar
Character: Peyo Mercé
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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Jugando en serio
Title: Jugando en serio
Released: January 2, 1998
Type: Movie
A group of filmmakers analyze the situation of their country's cinema while some children record them.
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Linda Sara
Title: Linda Sara
Character: Pablo
Released: January 12, 1995
Type: Movie
Facing financial ruin, four siblings decide to sell the valuables within their mother's house, without telling her and by embellishing their history.
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San Juan Story
Title: San Juan Story
Character: Víctor Torres
Released: April 30, 1990
Type: Movie
A professional rum-taster must negotiate the paths of love, superstition, and magic to regain his lost powers.
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Cuentos de Abelardo
Title: Cuentos de Abelardo
Character: Peyo Mercé
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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Lo que le pasó a Santiago
Title: Lo que le pasó a Santiago
Character: Arístides Esquilín
Released: June 22, 1989
Type: Movie
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.
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Nicolás y los demás
Title: Nicolás y los demás
Character: Nicolás
Released: September 13, 1986
Type: Movie
Returning to Puerto Rico after living abroad for a long time, Paco, out of work, meets successful Nicolás, an old friend from his college years. Nicolás invites him to his house, where Paco meets a woman from his past.
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Dios los cría...
Title: Dios los cría...
Character: Alberto Palacios (segment "Entre Doce Y Una")
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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.
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Dios los cría...
Title: Dios los cría...
Character: Fernando Sepúlveda (segment "La Otra")
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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.
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Up the Sandbox
Title: Up the Sandbox
Character: Fidel Castro
Released: December 21, 1972
Type: Movie
Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into the apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange transformations, and joining terrorists to plant explosives in the Statue of Liberty.
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Bananas
Title: Bananas
Character: Esposito
Released: April 28, 1971
Type: Movie
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
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Arocho y Clemente: los que murieron en la horca
Title: Arocho y Clemente: los que murieron en la horca
Released: March 4, 1970
Type: Movie
Based on a real-life death penalty case in Puerto Rico. The execution of Arocho and Clemente was one of the last ones to take place in the island.
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La criada malcriada
Title: La criada malcriada
Character: Moralito
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Azucena is a saucy maid whose personality causes many comical situations. These will increase when the family she works for hosts a recently widowed millionaire returning to Puerto Rico after many years.