
Acting
Adela Escartín
Born 1913-10-26 · Santa María de Guía, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Acting credits
10.0After the triumph of the Revolution, the construction of a new society reshapes the lives of a group of characters, forcing each of them to confront a transformed future. Luis, a young, poor Black man; Fernando, an exiled professor returning to his homeland; Rafael, a labor leader, and his daughter Niurka; and Ricardo, a young bourgeois who fought against the tyranny but now resists the loss of his former social status. Each will be pushed to extreme situations that compel them to redefine themselves in relation to the new meaning the Revolution has given to their lives.
Crónica cubana
1963
5.5No synopsis available yet.
Altar mayor
1944
NRSantiago de Cuba, 1956. Pablo, a young mulatto with a deep poetic sensibility, studies at the university. He loves María, who, despite her parents' wealthy position, is not accepted in high society because of the color of her skin.
La decisión
1963
6.3The life of Juan de Dios and his struggle against social, political and religious structures.
El hombre que supo amar
1976
9.0A beautiful teenage shepherdess named Adega sleeps one night with a mysterious pilgrim in a barn of impoverished and superstitious Galicia of the nineteenth century. The overwhelming fanaticism of the villagers motivates them to consider the outsider an envoy of Satan, reason why they deny him the lodging. The pilgrim, on the other hand, will react by cursing the people with plague and misery.
Flower of Holiness
1973
6.4No synopsis available yet.
The Book of Good Love
1975