Jacobo Morales

Directing

Jacobo Morales

Born

1934-11-12 (91)

Place of birth

Lajas, Puerto Rico

Known for

Directing

Credits

61 titles

Jacobo Morales Ramírez (born November 12, 1934) is a Puerto Rican actor, poet, writer, playwright, filmmaker, and auteur. He is considered by many to be the most influential filmmaker in Puerto Rico. Jacobo Morales' "Lo que le pasó a Santiago" (1989) reached an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990, being the only Academy Award recognition a Puerto Rican film has yet to reach.

Known for

Bananas poster
6.7

When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.

Bananas

1971

Amores poster
7.0

Amores explores the world of acting from its most basic and solitary form: the monologue. If only an actor, a text, and someone who hears it are needed to make an acting exercise, then Amores offers fourteen splendid acts from renowned professionals in Puerto Rico. Amores is composed by different monologues that, in set, offer reflection on aspects of love.

Amores

2004

Up the Sandbox poster
5.9

Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into the apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange transformations, and joining terrorists to plant explosives in the Statue of Liberty.

Up the Sandbox

1972

Julia, toda en mí poster
8.0

A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.

Julia, toda en mí

2002

The Effects of Magic poster
4.5

A magician, aided by his talking magic bunny, joins forces with his previously estranged magician father, and together they fight the forces of evil to protect the art of magic.

The Effects of Magic

1998

Angelito mío poster
9.0

Heaven is in chaos. God left for Earth to seek faith and hope in humanity. San Wichón stays in charge of the Celestial Senate and, in his campaign for the governorship, things get out of control. Disillusioned because Heaven is no longer a paradise, the girl angel María de las Estrellas (Mary of the Stars) descends to Earth to look for Heaven's top boss.

Angelito mío

1998

Film credits

2010s · 9 titles

Esta insistente manía de ser feliz poster
NR

This documentary explores how art and beauty serve as a path to recovery and social contribution in the lives of four Puerto Rican artists diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Those living with these conditions are often stigmatized, as their circumstances—which are not their choice—affect how they cope with daily life and integrate into society.

Esta insistente manía de ser feliz

2017

Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual poster
NR

A look at Puerto Rico and its cinema through films, documentaries, and commercials from the early twentieth century to the emerging cinema of today. Visual and narrative strategies portray fragments of Puerto Rico's general history and, in turn, answers the questions of who, when, and for whom have ​​films been made in Puerto Rico and the resources that are available to do it.

Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual

2014

I Am a Director poster
NR

After spending 5 years in Hollywood, California, Carlos has go back to his home in Puerto Rico to make his first feature film.

I Am a Director

2013

Broche de oro: Comienzos poster
8.0

Rafael, Pablo and Anselmo meet at an elders’ home. Their friendship grows based on their sense of humor and will to live. Life at the home can be sad. With their typical wit, they recruit other residents, particularly three ladies nicknamed the Greeks. Together they challenge the home's rules of behavior and register into a sports contest for a juicy prize. Because there are no rules for growing old, Broche de oro: Beginnings celebrates life and reminds us to live it to the fullest until the end.

Broche de oro: Comienzos

2017

Broche de oro poster
9.0

Rafael, Elmo, and Pablo run away from the strict Catholic retirement home where they live with Carlos, Rafael's grandson, to embark on an adventure and prove life does not stop because of age.

Broche de oro

2012

Andrea y Lorenzo poster
6.0

Andrea is a young journalist who feels her professional and personal life have come to a halt. But the return of Lorenzo, her former college flame she once dumped, now turned rock star, will give her a new perspective on life, love, and being true to herself.

Andrea y Lorenzo

2016

El viaje de Tortuga poster
NR

Tortuga is a young man who runs away from home seeking to escape reality. On the journey, he discovers that the solution to his problems is not leaving his community, but changing his views on his surroundings.

El viaje de Tortuga

2010

Il Viaggio poster
NR

Interconnects the life of four Puerto Rican actors and a Colombian director while they participate in a Theater Improvisation Festival. They will be forced to reflect on their future in art amid economic crisis, global warming, and technological dependency.

Il Viaggio

2010

No artwork available
NR

In the night of her fifty-four wedding anniversary, Rafaela finds out that Angel, her husband, has recently visit his ex-lover. This incident awakes old emotions, but at the same time brings a big surprise.

Medio minuto

2012

2000s · 8 titles

Julia, toda en mí poster
8.0

A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.

Julia, toda en mí

2002

Dios los cría 2 poster
10.0

Three stories ("Lo mismo de otra manera", "Félix", and "Te tengo una sorpresa") that delve deeply into issues such as human solidarity, infidelity, and social conflicts in contemporary Puerto Rico.

Dios los cría 2

2004

No artwork available
9.0

The shocking and compelling true story of two women; one savagely raped, tortured and burned; the other, a detective that makes this case her mission. United by destiny and tragedy, they find strength in each other to find the criminals who committed such a brutal and violent crime.

El cuerpo del delito

2005

Pa' eso estamos poster
NR

After spending seven years in prison for a crime that he did not commit, Gustavo returns to the neighborhood that he grew up in and begins to rebuild his life.

Pa' eso estamos

2005

Angel poster
8.0

The film follows the actions of a corrupt police captain, the title-character Ángel Lugo. Lugo is responsible for the wrongful imprisonment of Mariano Farías and the murder of his pregnant wife. After 15 years in a federal prison, Farías is still determined to prove his innocence.

Angel

2007

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Todo el año es Navidad

2009

Desandando la vida poster
NR

The story of a man who after the death of his wife begins to show signs of Alzheimer's disease. The film illustrates how each family member reacts to this event and how this man feels that his life is going back to a road already traveled.

Desandando la vida

2003

No artwork available
NR

A young woman flees just before her wedding day and disappears to avoid facing the consequences of her actions.

La recompensa

2008

1990s · 9 titles

The Effects of Magic poster
4.5

A magician, aided by his talking magic bunny, joins forces with his previously estranged magician father, and together they fight the forces of evil to protect the art of magic.

The Effects of Magic

1998

Angelito mío poster
9.0

Heaven is in chaos. God left for Earth to seek faith and hope in humanity. San Wichón stays in charge of the Celestial Senate and, in his campaign for the governorship, things get out of control. Disillusioned because Heaven is no longer a paradise, the girl angel María de las Estrellas (Mary of the Stars) descends to Earth to look for Heaven's top boss.

Angelito mío

1998

No artwork available
NR

Abelardo Díaz Alfaro visits the places that inspired him to write his book "Terrazzo". His life and work is explored through interviews with friends and colleagues.

Abelardo Díaz Alfaro: Homenaje Póstumo

1999

Entangling Shadows poster
5.8

Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its structure is based in 12 short films directed by various Latin American directors. These are: 1) "Los inicios", Iván Trujillo 2) "Cuando comenzamos a hablar", María Novaro 3) "Jugando en serio", Jacobo Morales 4) "De cuerpo presente [Las espirales perpetuas del placer y el poder] Cine Mexicano [1931- 1997]", Marcela Fernández Violante 5) "Cuando quisimos ser adultos", Edmundo Aray and David Rodríguez 6) "Cinema Novo", Orlando Senna 7) "Memorias de una isla, Juan Carlos Tabío 8) "Un grito, 24 cuadros por segundo", Julio García-Espinosa 9) "El día de la independencia", Federico García 10) "¿Sólo las formas permanecen?", Fernando Birri and Pablo Rodríguez Gauregui 11) "Todo final es un principio", Andrés Marriquín.

Entangling Shadows

1998

No artwork available
8.0

A selection of three short stories by Puerto Rican writer Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (“Don Procopio”, “Peyo Mercé enseña inglés”, and “Bagazo”), portraying typical characters of the Puerto Rican social and economic classes in the 1940's.

Cuentos de Abelardo

1990

Linda Sara poster
6.8

Facing financial ruin, four siblings decide to sell the valuables within their mother's house, without telling her and by embellishing their history.

Linda Sara

1995

No artwork available
9.0

Recreates aspects of the life of Abelardo Díaz Alfaro as a rural teacher in Puerto Rico during 1940's, integrating three of his stories "El josco", "Santa Cló va a la cuchilla", and "Don Fruto Torres".

Cuentos para despertar

1998

No artwork available
NR

A professional rum-taster must negotiate the paths of love, superstition, and magic to regain his lost powers.

San Juan Story

1990

Jugando en serio poster
NR

A group of filmmakers analyze the situation of their country's cinema while some children record them.

Jugando en serio

1998

1980s · 3 titles

1970s · 5 titles

Bananas poster
6.7

When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.

Bananas

1971

Up the Sandbox poster
5.9

Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into the apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange transformations, and joining terrorists to plant explosives in the Statue of Liberty.

Up the Sandbox

1972

Dios los cría... poster
4.5

Film consisting of five stories: "Dios los cría...", dealing with brothers' rivalry for an inheritance; "Negocio redondo", about a lawyer selling a property to the Catholic church with guilty feelings; "Entre 12 y 1", where a couple and a close friend get trapped in an elevator; "La gran noche", a night in the life of an old prostitute; and "La otra", where a man alternates between two women.

Dios los cría...

1979

Dios los cría... poster
4.5

Film consisting of five stories: "Dios los cría...", dealing with brothers' rivalry for an inheritance; "Negocio redondo", about a lawyer selling a property to the Catholic church with guilty feelings; "Entre 12 y 1", where a couple and a close friend get trapped in an elevator; "La gran noche", a night in the life of an old prostitute; and "La otra", where a man alternates between two women.

Dios los cría...

1979

Arocho y Clemente: los que murieron en la horca poster
5.0

Based on a real-life death penalty case in Puerto Rico. The execution of Arocho and Clemente was one of the last ones to take place in the island.

Arocho y Clemente: los que murieron en la horca

1970

Series credits

Behind the camera

Nicolás y los demás poster
4.5

Returning to Puerto Rico after living abroad for a long time, Paco, out of work, meets successful Nicolás, an old friend from his college years. Nicolás invites him to his house, where Paco meets a woman from his past.

Nicolás y los demás

1986

Nicolás y los demás poster
4.5

Returning to Puerto Rico after living abroad for a long time, Paco, out of work, meets successful Nicolás, an old friend from his college years. Nicolás invites him to his house, where Paco meets a woman from his past.

Nicolás y los demás

1986

Nicolás y los demás poster
4.5

Returning to Puerto Rico after living abroad for a long time, Paco, out of work, meets successful Nicolás, an old friend from his college years. Nicolás invites him to his house, where Paco meets a woman from his past.

Nicolás y los demás

1986

Dios los cría 2 poster
10.0

Three stories ("Lo mismo de otra manera", "Félix", and "Te tengo una sorpresa") that delve deeply into issues such as human solidarity, infidelity, and social conflicts in contemporary Puerto Rico.

Dios los cría 2

2004

Dios los cría 2 poster
10.0

Three stories ("Lo mismo de otra manera", "Félix", and "Te tengo una sorpresa") that delve deeply into issues such as human solidarity, infidelity, and social conflicts in contemporary Puerto Rico.

Dios los cría 2

2004

Dios los cría... poster
4.5

Film consisting of five stories: "Dios los cría...", dealing with brothers' rivalry for an inheritance; "Negocio redondo", about a lawyer selling a property to the Catholic church with guilty feelings; "Entre 12 y 1", where a couple and a close friend get trapped in an elevator; "La gran noche", a night in the life of an old prostitute; and "La otra", where a man alternates between two women.

Dios los cría...

1979

Dios los cría... poster
4.5

Film consisting of five stories: "Dios los cría...", dealing with brothers' rivalry for an inheritance; "Negocio redondo", about a lawyer selling a property to the Catholic church with guilty feelings; "Entre 12 y 1", where a couple and a close friend get trapped in an elevator; "La gran noche", a night in the life of an old prostitute; and "La otra", where a man alternates between two women.

Dios los cría...

1979

Dios los cría... poster
4.5

Film consisting of five stories: "Dios los cría...", dealing with brothers' rivalry for an inheritance; "Negocio redondo", about a lawyer selling a property to the Catholic church with guilty feelings; "Entre 12 y 1", where a couple and a close friend get trapped in an elevator; "La gran noche", a night in the life of an old prostitute; and "La otra", where a man alternates between two women.

Dios los cría...

1979

Lo que le pasó a Santiago poster
6.8

Santiago, a retired accountant, casually meets Angelina during one of his daily walks in Old San Juan. They soon become friends, even though she refuses to give out any personal information.

Lo que le pasó a Santiago

1989

Lo que le pasó a Santiago poster
6.8

Santiago, a retired accountant, casually meets Angelina during one of his daily walks in Old San Juan. They soon become friends, even though she refuses to give out any personal information.

Lo que le pasó a Santiago

1989

Pa' eso estamos poster
NR

After spending seven years in prison for a crime that he did not commit, Gustavo returns to the neighborhood that he grew up in and begins to rebuild his life.

Pa' eso estamos

2005

Pa' eso estamos poster
NR

After spending seven years in prison for a crime that he did not commit, Gustavo returns to the neighborhood that he grew up in and begins to rebuild his life.

Pa' eso estamos

2005

Angel poster
8.0

The film follows the actions of a corrupt police captain, the title-character Ángel Lugo. Lugo is responsible for the wrongful imprisonment of Mariano Farías and the murder of his pregnant wife. After 15 years in a federal prison, Farías is still determined to prove his innocence.

Angel

2007

Angel poster
8.0

The film follows the actions of a corrupt police captain, the title-character Ángel Lugo. Lugo is responsible for the wrongful imprisonment of Mariano Farías and the murder of his pregnant wife. After 15 years in a federal prison, Farías is still determined to prove his innocence.

Angel

2007

Al final del eclipse poster
NR

Don Leoncio, a conservative old man, demands that his only son, Dionisio, marry and start a family if he wants to inherit his fortune. But Dionisio is gay and has a partner, Tony. Hiding his homosexuality is straining his relationship with Tony, but admitting it would cost him his inheritance.

Al final del eclipse

2017

Al final del eclipse poster
NR

Don Leoncio, a conservative old man, demands that his only son, Dionisio, marry and start a family if he wants to inherit his fortune. But Dionisio is gay and has a partner, Tony. Hiding his homosexuality is straining his relationship with Tony, but admitting it would cost him his inheritance.

Al final del eclipse

2017

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Todo el año es Navidad

2009

La criada malcriada poster
9.0

Azucena is a saucy maid whose personality causes many comical situations. These will increase when the family she works for hosts a recently widowed millionaire returning to Puerto Rico after many years.

La criada malcriada

1965

Entangling Shadows poster
5.8

Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its structure is based in 12 short films directed by various Latin American directors. These are: 1) "Los inicios", Iván Trujillo 2) "Cuando comenzamos a hablar", María Novaro 3) "Jugando en serio", Jacobo Morales 4) "De cuerpo presente [Las espirales perpetuas del placer y el poder] Cine Mexicano [1931- 1997]", Marcela Fernández Violante 5) "Cuando quisimos ser adultos", Edmundo Aray and David Rodríguez 6) "Cinema Novo", Orlando Senna 7) "Memorias de una isla, Juan Carlos Tabío 8) "Un grito, 24 cuadros por segundo", Julio García-Espinosa 9) "El día de la independencia", Federico García 10) "¿Sólo las formas permanecen?", Fernando Birri and Pablo Rodríguez Gauregui 11) "Todo final es un principio", Andrés Marriquín.

Entangling Shadows

1998

Linda Sara poster
6.8

Facing financial ruin, four siblings decide to sell the valuables within their mother's house, without telling her and by embellishing their history.

Linda Sara

1995

Linda Sara poster
6.8

Facing financial ruin, four siblings decide to sell the valuables within their mother's house, without telling her and by embellishing their history.

Linda Sara

1995

Jugando en serio poster
NR

A group of filmmakers analyze the situation of their country's cinema while some children record them.

Jugando en serio

1998

Jugando en serio poster
NR

A group of filmmakers analyze the situation of their country's cinema while some children record them.

Jugando en serio

1998