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Modesta (1955)

Drama

Prize winner, Venice Festival 1956. The DivEdCo’s most important attempt to depict women’s rights in the context of modernization processes in Puerto Rico. Modesta leads a group of women in Barrio Sonadora, Guaynabo, in a strike against their husbands to demand their rights in a domestic context.

Updated May 26 2020

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Runtime: 35 mins Rating: 3.0

Cast

Antonia Hidalgo

Antonia Hidalgo

Modesta

Juan Ortiz Jiménez

Juan Ortiz Jiménez

the husband

Barrio Sonadora Community

Barrio Sonadora Community

Crew

Benjamín Doniger

Benjamín Doniger

Writer

Benjamín Doniger

Benjamín Doniger

Director

Luis A. Maisonet

Luis A. Maisonet

Writer

Luis A. Maisonet

Luis A. Maisonet

Director of Photography

René Marqués

René Marqués

Writer

Domingo Silás Ortiz

Domingo Silás Ortiz

Story

Héctor Campos Parsi

Héctor Campos Parsi

Music

Paul V. Falkengerg

Paul V. Falkengerg

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