Italy / Aug 28, 1956 / Venice
Modesta (1956)
Directed by Benjamín Doniger
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35min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Modesta |
| Original language | Español (ES) |
| Spoken languages | Español |
| Production countries | Puerto Rico |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Film Unit of the Division of Community Education, Puerto Rico, Divedco |
| Release date | 28 agosto 1956 |
| Production | Otoniel Vila |
| Writer | Luis A. Maisonet, Domingo Silás Ortiz, René Marqués, Benjamín Doniger |
| Editing | Paul Falkenberg |
| Cinematography | Luis A. Maisonet |
| Assistant directors | Benjamín Doniger |
| Camera operators | Luis A. Maisonet |
| Additional photography | Luis A. Maisonet |
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| Music | Héctor Campos Parsi |
| Sound | Héctor Campos Parsi |
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