Jacobo Morales

Jacobo Morales

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.

  • Title: Jacobo Morales
  • Popularity: 2.071
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1934-11-12
  • Place of Birth: Lajas, Puerto Rico
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  • Also Known As: Jacobo Morales Ramírez
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Jacobo Morales Movies

  • 1972
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    Up the Sandbox

    Up the Sandbox

    5.9 1972 HD

    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...

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  • 2012
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    Broche de Oro

    Broche de Oro

    1 2012 HD

    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...

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  • 1989
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    Lo que le pasó a Santiago

    Lo que le pasó a Santiago

    6.8 1989 HD

    Santiago, a retired accountant, casually meets Angelina during one of his daily walks in Old San Juan. They soon become friends, even though she...

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  • 1979
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    Dios los cría...

    Dios los cría...

    5 1979 HD

    Film consisting of five stories: "Dios los cría...", dealing with brothers' rivalry for an inheritance; "Negocio redondo", about a lawyer...

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  • 1986
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    Nicolás y los demás

    Nicolás y los demás

    5 1986 HD

    Returning to Puerto Rico after living abroad for a long time, Paco, out of work, meets successful Nicolás, an old friend from his college...

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  • 1970
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    Arocho y Clemente: los que murieron en la horca

    Arocho y Clemente: los que murieron en la horca

    5 1970 HD

    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.

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  • 1971
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    Bananas

    Bananas

    6.689 1971 HD

    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...

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  • 1965
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    La criada malcriada

    La criada malcriada

    1 1965 HD

    Azucena is a saucy maid whose personality causes many comical situations. These will increase when the family she works for hosts a recently widowed...

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  • 1979
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    Dios los cría...

    Dios los cría...

    5 1979 HD

    Film consisting of five stories: "Dios los cría...", dealing with brothers' rivalry for an inheritance; "Negocio redondo", about a lawyer...

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  • 1995
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    Linda Sara

    Linda Sara

    6 1995 HD

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

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  • 2004
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    And God Created Them 2

    And God Created Them 2

    1 2004 HD

    Three stories ("Lo mismo de otra manera", "Félix", and "Te tengo una sorpresa") that delve deeply into issues such as human solidarity,...

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  • 2007
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    Angel

    Angel

    1 2007 HD

    The film follows the actions of a corrupt police captain, the title-character Ángel Lugo. Lugo is responsible for the wrongful imprisonment of...

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  • 1990
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    Cuentos de Abelardo

    Cuentos de Abelardo

    1 1990 HD

    A selection of three short stories by Puerto Rican writer Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (“Don Procopio”, “Peyo Mercé enseña...

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  • 2010
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    Il Viaggio

    Il Viaggio

    1 2010 HD

    Interconnects the life of four Puerto Rican actors and a Colombian director while they participate in a Theater Improvisation Festival. They will be...

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  • 2013
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    I Am a Director

    I Am a Director

    1 2013 HD

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

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  • 2005
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    El cuerpo del delito

    El cuerpo del delito

    1 2005 HD

    The shocking and compelling true story of two women; one savagely raped, tortured and burned; the other, a detective that makes this case her...

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  • 2016
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    Andrea y Lorenzo

    Andrea y Lorenzo

    6 2016 HD

    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...

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  • 2002
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    Julia, toda en mí

    Julia, toda en mí

    1 2002 HD

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

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  • 2003
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    Desandando la vida

    Desandando la vida

    1 2003 HD

    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...

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  • 2012
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    Medio minuto

    Medio minuto

    1 2012 HD

    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...

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  • 1998
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    Angelito mío

    Angelito mío

    1 1998 HD

    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...

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  • 1999
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    Abelardo Díaz Alfaro: Homenaje Póstumo

    Abelardo Díaz Alfaro: Homenaje Póstumo

    1 1999 HD

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

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  • 1998
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    Cuentos para despertar

    Cuentos para despertar

    1 1998 HD

    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",...

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  • 1998
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    Entangling Shadows

    Entangling Shadows

    5.3 1998 HD

    Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its...

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  • 1998
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    The Effects of Magic

    The Effects of Magic

    1 1998 HD

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  • 2004
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    Amores

    Amores

    1 2004 HD

    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...

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  • 2008
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    La recompensa

    La recompensa

    1 2008 HD

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

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  • 2010
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    El viaje de Tortuga

    El viaje de Tortuga

    1 2010 HD

    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...

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  • 2014
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    Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual

    Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual

    1 2014 HD

    A look at Puerto Rico and its cinema through films, documentaries, and commercials from the early twentieth century to the emerging cinema of today....

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  • 1990
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    San Juan Story

    San Juan Story

    1 1990 HD

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

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  • 2009
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    Todo el año es Navidad

    Todo el año es Navidad

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2017
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    Broche de oro: Comienzos

    Broche de oro: Comienzos

    8 2017 HD

    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...

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  • 2017
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    Al final del eclipse

    Al final del eclipse

    1 2017 HD

    Explores old age, death, economic hardship and homosexuality, its acceptance and tolerance.

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  • 1998
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    Jugando en serio

    Jugando en serio

    1 1998 HD

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

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  • 1989
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    Lo que le pasó a Santiago

    Lo que le pasó a Santiago

    6.8 1989 HD

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  • 1979
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    Dios los cría...

    Dios los cría...

    5 1979 HD

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  • 1986
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    Nicolás y los demás

    Nicolás y los demás

    5 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Nicolás y los demás

    Nicolás y los demás

    5 1986 HD

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  • 1995
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    Linda Sara

    Linda Sara

    6 1995 HD

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  • 1995
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    Linda Sara

    Linda Sara

    6 1995 HD

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  • 2004
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    And God Created Them 2

    And God Created Them 2

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2007
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    Angel

    Angel

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1979
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    Dios los cría...

    Dios los cría...

    5 1979 HD

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  • 1965
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    La criada malcriada

    La criada malcriada

    1 1965 HD

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  • 2004
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    And God Created Them 2

    And God Created Them 2

    1 2004 HD

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  • 1998
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    Entangling Shadows

    Entangling Shadows

    5.3 1998 HD

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  • 1989
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    Lo que le pasó a Santiago

    Lo que le pasó a Santiago

    6.8 1989 HD

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  • 2005
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    Pa' eso estamos

    Pa' eso estamos

    1 2005 HD

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  • 2007
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    Angel

    Angel

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1979
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    Dios los cría...

    Dios los cría...

    5 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    Dios los cría...

    Dios los cría...

    5 1979 HD

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  • 1965
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    La criada malcriada

    La criada malcriada

    1 1965 HD

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  • 2005
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    Pa' eso estamos

    Pa' eso estamos

    1 2005 HD

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  • 1986
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    Nicolás y los demás

    Nicolás y los demás

    5 1986 HD

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  • 2017
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    Al final del eclipse

    Al final del eclipse

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Al final del eclipse

    Al final del eclipse

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2009
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    Todo el año es Navidad

    Todo el año es Navidad

    1 2009 HD

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  • 1998
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    Jugando en serio

    Jugando en serio

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1998
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    Jugando en serio

    Jugando en serio

    1 1998 HD

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