Oscar Torres

Directing

Oscar Torres

Born — Died

1931-01-05 — 1968-12-21

Place of birth

Cuba

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

No artwork available
NR

Widow of a rich older man, Sonia returns to her old neighborhood, unable to claim his inheritance. As soon she arrives, she meets her old love Roberto and they revive their romance. But this love can not be due to Sonia's greed, who becomes the mistress of a handsome and wealthy gangster.

La vendedora de amor

1964

No artwork available
NR

The role that women should play in the modern-day Puerto Rican family is discussed. The discussion is dramatized by a rural husband and wife involved in a domestic dispute.

¿Qué opina la mujer?

1957

El yugo poster
4.5

The exploitation of fisherman in Fajardo, Puerto Rico and how the laborers reached their economic independence through operative alliances.

El yugo

1959

No artwork available
5.5

A young boy becomes intrigued by one of the characters in his village's celebration of its patron saint.

Nenén of the Moorish Way

1955

Tierra Olvidada poster
NR

A documentary about the "Ciénaga de Zapata" swamp in Cuba.

Tierra Olvidada

1960

Realengo 18 poster
5.8

A group of peasants of Realengo 18 must face the greed of an American company trying to evict them from their place. One of the peasants will have to deal with the conflict of seeing her son join the rural guard who represses them.

Realengo 18

1961

Realengo 18 poster
5.8

A group of peasants of Realengo 18 must face the greed of an American company trying to evict them from their place. One of the peasants will have to deal with the conflict of seeing her son join the rural guard who represses them.

Realengo 18

1961

Ese humo y su historia poster
NR

“Appearing to be an advertisement for a cigarette factory, this orphan film conceals a utopian project that goes beyond the scope of its original purpose: shot in the Dominican Republic, it consists of illustrations depicting the colonial process, a book of poems by a Dominican writer, the fields of the Cibao region, a man and a woman multiplied by mirrors and smoking, credits that point toward a voice-over narration and songs we never hear, as well as a whole array of film material, perforations, scratches, and secret messages that bind these traces together." - Diego Cepeda

Ese humo y su historia

1963

Olas y arenas poster
NR

Posthumous homage to Sylvia Rexach, considered one of the best composers of popular Spanish music. Her daughter, Sharon Reily Rexach, plays the musical composition "Olas y Arenas".

Olas y arenas

1968

No artwork available
NR

Documentary on patients of the Instituto Psicopedagógico (Psycho-Pedagogical Institute) of Puerto Rico.

La ronda incompleta

1966