Víctor Arrillaga

Based on Enrique A. Laguerre's novel.

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.

Based on Manuel Zeno Gandía's novel about peasant life in late nineteenth-century Puerto Rico.

A pilot is called back to his homeland, the Latin American republic of Arepa, by the rich islanders to participate in a complot to kill the dictator known as El León (The Lion).

In a small rural town, everybody lays eyes on Maruja, the most beautiful woman there. After the son of the mayor comes back from France, he also notices Maruja, setting forth events of love, jealousy, guilt, and anger.

The story of a widow who owns a coffee hacienda, focusing on the dynamics between her son and the man who romances her.