Dominican Films Catalog 1963-2017
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LA SILLA 1963 | 78min Tech Data Director: Franklin Domínguez Screenplay: Franklin Domínguez Genre: Drama Format: 35 mm, B/W Producer: Producciones Domínguez-Johnson-Carrau, S.R.L. Art Direction: Franklin Domínguez Photography Direction: Clark Johnson / Camilo Carrau Editing: Anthony Artz / Israel Ortíz Sound: Phillip Macy Music: Camilo Carrau / Graciela de Carrau Cast: Camilo Carrau Synopsis A young man is judged for betraying his fellow inmates in a plot to kill dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. Contact Franklin Domínguez 809-533-8439 | 809-849-8597 [email protected] 2 UN PASAJE DE IDA 1988 | 92min Tech Data Director: Agliberto Meléndez Screenplay: Agliberto Meléndez / Adelso Cass / Danilo Taveras Genre: Drama Format: Super 16mm-35mm, Color Producer: Producciones Testimonios, S.A. Art Direction: Orlando Menicucci Photography Direction: Peyi Guzmán Editing: Pericles Mejía Sound: Miguel Heded Music: Rafael Solano Cast: Carlos Alfredo, Ángel Muñiz, Rafael Villalona, Delta Soto, Juan María Almonte, Miguel Bucarelly, María Castillo, Víctor Checo, Félix Germán, Pepito Guerra, Niní Germán and Frank Lendor. Synopsis Fictional retelling of the Regina Express tragedy, in which 22 Dominican stowaways died from suffocation in an attempt of illegal travel in September 1981. Contact Agliberto Meléndez 809-565-5718 [email protected] 3 ABRIL: LA TRINCHERA DEL HONOR 1988 | 90min Tech Data Director: René Fortunato Screenplay: René Fortunato Genre: Documentary Format: 3/4, B/W Producer: Videocine Palau, S.R.L. Photography Direction: Tito Mejía Editing: Roberto Hiciano Music: Alex Mansilla Synopsis An examination of the Dominican Civil War started in April 1965 and subsequent intervention of the U.S. armed forces. Contact René Fortunato 809-482-8833 | 809-482-4664 [email protected] www.videocinepalau.com 4 TRÁFICO DE NIÑOS 1988 | 97min Tech Data Director: Alfonso Rodríguez Screenplay: Alfonso Rodríguez / Reynaldo Disla Genre: Drama Format: U-Matic, Color Producer: Videometraje Art Direction: Milagros Rosado Photography Direction: Ángel Mirabal Editing: Alfonso Rodríguez Sound: Carlos Molina Music: Manuel Tejada Cast: Alfonso Rodríguez, Bernardita García Smeter, Juan María Almonte, Milagros Rosado, Jackson Delgado, Marquis Leguisamón, Teo Terrero and Reynaldo Disla. Synopsis The story of a courageous reporter who tries to uncover a network of child traffickers. Contact Alfonso Rodríguez 809-508-3059 [email protected] www.kaluanafilms.com 5 EL PODER DEL JEFE 1991 | 75min Tech Data Director: René Fortunato Screenplay: René Fortunato Genre: Documentary Format: Video 3/4 U-Matic-B/W Producer: Cinematográfica Palau Inc. / Per Frame Production N.Y.C. Photography Direction: Humberto Aurich / Ernesto de los Santos Editing: Yuri Bueno / José González Music: Alex Mansilla Synopsis The social, political and economic circumstances from 1916 to 1937, which made possible the rise of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo’s dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. Contact René Fortunato 809-482-8833 | 809-482-4664 [email protected] www.videocinepalau.com 6 EL PODER DEL JEFE II 1994 | 95min Tech Data Director: René Fortunato Screenplay: René Fortunato Genre: Documentary Format: Betacam, B/W Producer: Videocine Palau, S.A. Photography Direction: Francisco Antonio / Porfirio Espinal Editing: Yuri Bueno / Jaime Javier Music: Alex Mansilla Synopsis The political and social events that took place from 1938 to 1952 during Rafael Leonidas Trujillo’s dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. Contact René Fortunato 809-482-8833 | 809-482-4664 [email protected] www.videocinepalau.com 7 NUEBA YOL: ¡POR FIN LLEGÓ BALBUENA! 1995 | 106min Tech Data Director: Ángel Muñíz Screenplay: Ángel Muñíz Genre: Comedy Format: Super 16mm-35mm, Color Producer: D’ Película / Cigua Films Art Direction: Adiel Skarmetta Photography Direction: Chris Norr Editing: Robinson Pérez Sound: Antonio Arroyo Music: PengBian Sang Cast: Luisito Martí, Caridad Ravelo, Raúl Carbonell, Rafael Villalona, Joel García, Alfonso Zayas, Bersaida Vega, Rosalba Rolón and Manny Gironny. Synopsis The humble and hardworking Orodoto Balbuena finally gets an opportunity of realizing his lifelong dream of reaching New York and living the “American Dream”, but soon finds out that things aren’t as pretty as he thought. Contact Ángel Muñíz 809-957-0013 [email protected] 8 TRUJILLO: EL PODER DEL JEFE III 1996 | 80min Tech Data Director: René Fortunato Screenplay: René Fortunato Genre: Documentary Format: Betacam, B/W Producer: Videocine Palau, S.A. Editing: Carlos Corporán Sound: Jaime Javier Music: Chichí Peralta Synopsis The most important events between 1952 and 1961, leading to the end of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo’s dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. Contact René Fortunato 809-482-8833 | 809-482-4664 [email protected] www.videocinepalau.com 9 PARA VIVIR O MORIR 1996 | 90min Tech Data Director: Radel Villalona / José Romay Screenplay: Radel Villalona / René Rodríguez Soriano Genre: Drama Format: 35mm, Color Producer: De La Nada Films / Cayena Films Art Direction: Manuel Méndez Photography Direction: Peyi Guzmán Editing: Miriam Talavera Sound: Antonio Arroyo / Josué Saavedra / José Amable Frómeta Music: Ulises Hernández, Manuel Tejada / Chichí Peralta Cast: José Antonio Rodríguez, Marco Leonardo, Caridad Ravelo, María Castillo, Rafael Villalona, Félix Germán, Miguel Bucarelli, Geovanny Cruz, Víctor Checo, Ángel Haché and Constanza Gutiérrez. Synopsis A woman goes in search of her fiance, a journalist kidnapped for discovering the plans for an electoral fraud. Contact Francisco Pollock 809-567-7728 | 809-980-0307 [email protected] 10 CUATRO HOMBRES Y UN ATAÚD 1996 | 97min Tech Data Director: Pericles Mejía Screenplay: Pericles Mejía Genre: Comedy Format: 35mm, Color Producer: Cinematográfica Interamericana, S.A. Art Direction: Silvano Lora Photography Direction: Julius Potoscny Editing: Miriam Talavera Sound: Josué Saavedra Music: Amaury Sánchez Cast: Cuquín Victoria, Carlos Yutis, Richard Douglas, Rafael Villalona, Víctor Ramírez, Geraldine Danon, Felix Peña, Juan María Almonte, Pepito Guerra and Juan Carlos Pichardo. Synopsis Four friends decide to bid farewell to their late drinking buddy, taking him in his coffin on a last walk through the homes of their acquaintances. But things get complicated as they have all got- ten drunk. Contact Agliberto Meléndez 809-565-5718 [email protected] 11 NUEBA YOL 3: BAJO LA NUEVA LEY 1997 | 104min Tech Data Director: Ángel Muñíz Screenplay: Ángel Muñíz Genre: Comedy Format: 35mm, Color Producer: Cigua Films / D´Cine Art Direction: Chris Schiavo Photography Direction: Peyi Guzmán Editing: Puro Moreno Sound: Timothy Anderson Music: PengBian Sang Cast: Luisito Martí, Raúl Carbonell hijo, Adalgisa Pantaleón, Carlotta Carretero, Nani Peña, Graciela Mas, Jorge Pupo, Nicolás Díaz and Anthony Ríos. Synopsis Balbuena finds himself forced to find an American wife in order to get legal residence before the new immigration laws take effect. Contact Ángel Muñíz 809-957-0013 [email protected] 12 BUSCANDO UN SUEÑO 1998 | 90min Tech Data Director: Joseph Medina / Jaime Piña / David Castillo Screenplay: Joseph Medina / Freddy Vargas Genre: Drama Format: 35mm, Color Producer: Nova Creative Releasing / A Reel Creative / Miravista Films Photography Direction: David Castillo Editing: Brunilda Torres Sound: Mark DeSimone / Jeff Formosa Music: David Bravo / Bob Held Cast: Víctor Checo, Rafael Decena, Kamar De Los Reyes, Edgardo Franco, T.J. Glenn, Mateo Gómez, Magic Juan, Marcos Antonio Miranda, Benny Nieves, Elvis Nolasco and Jessy Terrero. Synopsis Two friends in Washington Heights take different paths to earn a living: one working in a grocery store, the other as a drug dealer. Contact Adrian Agramonte 829-422-3305 [email protected] 13 VÍCTIMAS DEL PODER 1998 | 90min Tech Data Director: Jorge Lendeborg Screenplay: Jorge Lendeborg Genre: Drama Format: SP Betacam, Color Producer: Adonai Film Art Direction: Sócrates Segarra Photography Direction: Humberto Castellanos Editing: Puro Moreno Sound: Magio Mogica Music: Roosevelt Martínez Cast: Laura Gómez, Frank Leedor, Juan Carlos Pichardo, Eddy Herrera, José Roberto Abreu and Milagros Rosado. Synopsis A female reporter investigates a rapist roaming the city, and discovers an underlying web of political corruption. Contact Kendy Yanoreth Calcaño 829-968-0018 [email protected] 14 LA HERENCIA DEL TIRANO 1998 | 90min Tech Data Director: René Fortunato Screenplay: René Fortunato Genre: Documentary Format: Betacam B/W Producer: Videocine Palau, S.A. Editing: Puro Moreno Sound: Luis Ovalles Music: Bienvenido Bustamante / Víctor Taveras Synopsis The most relevant social and political events in the Dominican Republic from 1961 (end of Trujillo’s regime) to the inauguration of Juan Bosch as the new President in 1963, as well as Joaquín Balaguer’s plots to retain power. Contact René Fortunato 809-482-8833 | 809-482-4664 [email protected] www.videocinepalau.com 15 EL CÍRCULO VICIOSO 2000 | 90min Tech Data Director: Nelson Peña Screenplay: San Loco / Nelson Peña Genre: Drama Format: 35mm, Color Producer: Choza y Conuco Film Works / San Loco Production / Easy Entertainment Group Art Direction: Pablo R. García / Zinna Williams Photography Direction: Arsenio Assin / Khamisi Norwood / Nelson Peña Editing: Sonia N. González / Nelson Peña Sound: George A. Lara Music: Rafael Decena Cast: Rafael Decena, Félix Solís, Mickey Albuquerque, Frank Molina, Ali Pérez, Fidel Vicioso, Luis Felipe,