Modesta
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Duration Director Benjamin Doniger Music director Hector Campos Parsi | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Short Initial release 1956 Running time 35 minutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Benjamin Doniger, Luis A. Maisonet, Rene Marques, Domingo Silas Ortiz (story) Cast Antonia Hidalgo (Modesta), Juan Ortiz Jiménez (the husband), Barrio Sonadora Community Screenplay Rene Marques, Luis A. Maisonet, Benjamin Doniger Similar movies M (1931), 1914 (1931), The Trunks of Mr OF (1931), Suddenly (2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Modesta
Modesta is a 1956 short film, set in Puerto Rico, in which a peasant woman rebels against her husband's authoritarianism. She and the other women of her community organize the Liberated Women League to fight for their rights. It stars Antonia Hidalgo and Juan Ortiz Jiménez.
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The movie was adapted by Benjamin Doniger, Luis A. Maisonet and René Marqués from a story by Domingo Silas Ortiz. It was directed by Doniger. In 1998, Modesta was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Modesta
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