Iris Martinez

Birth : 1924-04-14, Vieques, Puerto Rico

Movies

El silencio del viento
The story of a man trying to cope with the death of his sister, but cannot because he must continue working with the illegal business of bringing undocumented immigrants from Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico.
Mi abuelo se quiere casar
Roberto goes for a drive and, amid thoughts about his problems, he has an accident with a public bus. That's where he sees the love of his life.
Luz
Luz
An old man takes care of his senile wife.
The Reaping
Old Chilean Woman
Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to prove that a supernatural force is not behind the occurrences, but soon finds that science cannot explain what is happening. Instead, she must regain her faith to combat the evil that waits in a Louisiana swamp.
El sueño del regreso
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.
Quiéreme mucho
Ramona
Families gather to receive the New Year. But this meeting brings a series of confessions that will make for a very peculiar evening.
Julia, toda en mí
Herself
A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.
Jugando en serio
Abuela
A group of filmmakers analyze the situation of their country's cinema while some children record them.
Linda Sara
Aunt Zoila
Facing financial ruin, four siblings decide to sell the valuables within their mother's house, without telling her and by embellishing their history.
El sol y la luna
Her deepening affair with a separatist spurs a wealthy Manhattanite to return to the Bronx, where she grew up, and reevaluate her Puerto Rican cultural roots.
El curandero del pueblo
Machuchal is a rural healer that uses ancient methods and herbs as cures, obtaining the confidence of the community for many years. After an emergency in which a child almost dies, Machuchal is persuaded to attend nursing school.
The Jug
Assistant Director
A cautionary film about what were thought to be rural superstitions and practices in Puerto Rico.
La casa de un amigo
The story of a couple who wish to marry, but have no money to build a house. A neighbor recommends that they go by the community asking for cooperation, getting everyone to contribute.
Más allá del Capitolio
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.
Milagro en la montaña
Assistant Director
The film recreates the miracle of the birth of Jesus in a Puerto Rican field. It begins with the pilgrimage of Mary and Joseph, the birth of Jesus, and the arrival of the Three Kings.