Modesta (1956) — Top Movie Database

Production companies : Film Unit of the Division of Community Education, Puerto Rico / Divedco /

August 28, 1956 35m Puerto Rico Drama Spanish More

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Prize winner, Venice Festival 1956. 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.

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title：Modesta
status：Released
Release date： 1956
Runtime：35m
Genres： Drama ·
Countries of origin： Puerto Rico ·
Original Language： Spanish ·
Director： Benjamín Doniger /
Writers： Luis A. Maisonet · Domingo Silás Ortiz · René Marqués · Benjamín Doniger ·
Production companies： Film Unit of the Division of Community Education, Puerto Rico · Divedco ·
Overview：Prize winner, Venice Festival 1956. 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.

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