Modesta

Name: Modesta
Genre: Drama
Released: 1956
Duration: 35 min
Rating: 5.714

1956 · 35 min

Drama

★ 5.7

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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.

Crew

Director Benjamín Doniger
Writer René Marqués
Writer Luis A. Maisonet
Writer Benjamín Doniger
Story Domingo Silás Ortiz
Director of Photography Luis A. Maisonet

Cast

A
Antonia Hidalgo
Modesta
Juan Ortiz Jiménez
the husband
B
Barrio Sonadora Community

Crew

Director — Benjamín Doniger
Writer — René Marqués
Writer — Luis A. Maisonet
Writer — Benjamín Doniger
Story — Domingo Silás Ortiz
Director of Photography — Luis A. Maisonet

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Intermission

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