151471
151471

Modesta

1956-08-28
5
es 35m
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.

Editor

Paul Falkenberg

Story

Domingo Silás Ortiz

Writer

René Marqués

Producer

Otoniel Vila

Music

Héctor Campos Parsi

Writer

Luis A. Maisonet

Status

Released

Countries

  • Puerto Rico

Companies

  • Film Unit of the Division of Community Education, Puerto Rico
  • Divedco