Oscar Torres

Oscar Torres

Birth : 1931-01-05, Cuba

Death : 1968-12-21

Profile

Oscar Torres

Movies

It Runs in the Family
Himself
A revelation about Oscar Torres, her unknown and once world-famous queer filmmaker cousin, sends Victoria down a path of self-discovery through reconstructions of his intimate memories living in the 1950's authoritarian Caribbean, as Victoria leads re-enactments of his unproduced screenplays with the family who erased him.
Olas y arenas
Director
Posthumous homage to Sylvia Rexach, considered one of the best composers of popular Spanish music. Her daughter, Sharon Reily Rexach, plays the musical composition "Olas y Arenas".
La ronda incompleta
Director
Documentary on patients of the Instituto Psicopedagógico (Psycho-Pedagogical Institute) of Puerto Rico.
La criada malcriada
Adaptation
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.
La vendedora de amor
Writer
Widow of a rich older man, Sonia returns to her old neighborhood, unable to claim his inheritance. As soon she arrives, she meets her old love Roberto and they revive their romance. But this love can not be due to Sonia's greed, who becomes the mistress of a handsome and wealthy gangster.
Realengo 18
Writer
A group of peasants of Realengo 18 must face the greed of an American company trying to evict them from their place. One of the peasants will have to deal with the conflict of seeing her son join the rural guard who represses them.
Realengo 18
Director
A group of peasants of Realengo 18 must face the greed of an American company trying to evict them from their place. One of the peasants will have to deal with the conflict of seeing her son join the rural guard who represses them.
Tierra Olvidada
Director
A documentary about the "Ciénaga de Zapata" swamp in Cuba.
El yugo
Director
The exploitation of fisherman in Fajardo, Puerto Rico and how the laborers reached their economic independence through operative alliances.
¿Qué opina la mujer?
Director
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.
Nenén of the Moorish Way
Director
A young boy becomes intrigued by one of the characters in his village's celebration of its patron saint.