Orlando Jiménez Leal

Películas

Letters to Eloisa
Self
The story of José Lezama Lima and his rise as a literary figure in Cuba and his tragic end, alone and silenced in his Havana home.
El lugar de las tres cascadas. Pequeñas historias de Hiroshima
Transcriptions
The Buddhist temple Mitaki, located a few kilometers from Hiroshima, epicenter of the 1945 atomic explosion, was protected by the surrounding mountains from the radiation that caused the bomb. The film presents the experience of three characters from the city: a young artist, an adult artist and a monk.
La Otra Cuba
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Improper Conduct
Director
The story of the persecution of homosexuals and intellectuals in Cuba under Fidel Castro's dictatorship, from the beginning of the Cuban Revolution (1953-59) until the early 1980s. Interviews with relevant personalities of Cuban culture who suffered persecution demonstrate that concentration camps for gays existed in Cuba.
Me olvidé de vivir
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Julio Iglesias, cantante español mundialmente conocido, termina en París su gira por Europa, y antes de empezar la próxima gira en Estados Unidos, decide tomarse unos días de descanso en la tranquila isla Contadora en Panamá. Allí conoce a Claudia, una estudiante de arqueología alemana, a quien el mundo del cantante le es totalmente desconocido.
El Super
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February, 1978. Roberto and Aurelia are Cuban exiles living in New York City with their 17-year-old daughter. For ten years Roberto's been the super of an apartment building, firing up the boiler, repairing windows, and moving bags of garbage. He's homesick for Cuba, stuck in repetitive conversations about the Bay of Pigs, Castro, and life back home. After receiving some tragic news, Robert makes up his mind to quit the city and move to Miami.
Mulato
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René and some gunmen take control of an island. His former girlfriend Isabel visits him, but notices he has subjugated his partner. Realizing his cruelty, she tries to run away, but is captured and imprisoned.
El satánico
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La película sigue las hazañas de una pequeña banda de ladrones de joyas que emplean a un enano como su herramienta definitiva.
El jibarito Rafael
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Relates the life of one of Puerto Rico's most loved and revered composer and songwriter, Rafael Hernández.
Los que nunca amaron
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Laura es una chica de dinero que tiene dos enamorados, un jardinero y un compositor. Ella juega con los sentimientos de los dos hombres hasta que un buen día conoce a Pablo, un hombre interesado en ascender económicamente sin importar los medios. La ambición de ambos, Pablo y Laura, los llevará a vivir situaciones que al final sólo tendrán un único ganador.
Amor perdóname
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Businessman Carlos meets Ana María in a Mexico City nightclub. He escorts her home, and makes a date for the next day. Ana María is actually a prostitute whose pimp, Arturo, thinks Carlos would be a good client, and urges her to be nice to him. They fall in love, and Carlos proposes marriage to her, indicating he must return to Puerto Rico soon.
La criada malcriada
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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 canción del Caribe
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Rodada en Nueva York, Puerto Rico y República Dominicana.
P.M.
Director
Controversial cinéma vérité analysis of Havana’s lumpenproletariat in waterfront bars and cafés shortly after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.