Modesta (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.
- Date of release
- 1956-08-28
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 35m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Benjamín Doniger
Casting
- Antonia Hidalgo — Modesta
- Juan Ortiz Jiménez — the husband
- Barrio Sonadora Community
Interesting facts
Modesta is a 1956 short film that stars Antonia Hidalgo and Juan Ortiz Jiménez.
Production
The movie was adapted by Benjamin Doniger, Luis A. Maisonet and René Marqués from a story by Domingo Silas Ortiz and produced by DIVEDCO. It was also directed by Doniger.
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