Luis A. Maisonet

Directing

Luis A. Maisonet

Place of birth

Puerto Rico

Known for

Directing

Credits

14 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Modesta poster
5.7

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.

Modesta

1956

Intolerance poster
NR

A melodramatic romance that tells the story of a community that shuns the arrival of a new neighbor.

Intolerance

1959

No artwork available
NR

Educates communities about tuberculosis prevention and treatment.

La esperanza

1964

No artwork available
2.0

Triburcio Pérez, a jíbaro, runs for mayor of Machuchal.

El alcalde de Machuchal

1964

No artwork available
NR

A couple in love listens to Roque Navarro and his group interpret several romantic melodies.

Serenata

1965

No artwork available
NR

Geña, Blas' wife, is dedicated solely to housework by her husband's disposition. When Blas suffers an accident and is hospitalized, Geña takes over the coffee harvest. Blas believes her unable to carry out the tasks because he considers them exclusive to men.

Geña la de Blas

1964

No artwork available
NR

The effects of emotional neglect on an only child.

Fragmento

1970

No artwork available
NR

The effects of emotional neglect on an only child.

Fragmento

1970

No artwork available
NR

Details of the life of Juan Ponce de León, founder of the city of San Juan and first governor of Puerto Rico.

I, Juan Ponce de León

1957

No artwork available
NR

Short musical film in which young Puerto Ricans of the Tuna of Comerío interpret melodies of the Christmas folklore of Puerto Rico.

La tuna de Comerío

1964

No artwork available
5.2

A man believes all the advertising he hears.

Brainless John

1959

No artwork available
7.5

It tells the story of a slave rebellion on a sugar plantation in the days leading up to the official abolition of slavery on the island on March 22, 1873.

Splendor

1961

No artwork available
NR

A historic adaptation of the life of José Pablo Morales who fought against an exploitative system of payment to day laborers during the reign of the Spanish governor General Juan de la Pezuela in mid nineteenth century Puerto Rico.

The Awaited Man

1964

No artwork available
NR

An artistic short on the floral beauty of Puerto Rico set to folk music.

Mayo florido

1956