Nelson Rodríguez

Machin: Toda una vida (2002)

The Day Silence Died (1999)

A handsome and mysterious stranger, played by Darío Grandinetti, walks into the town square of Villaserena one day and strategically places loudspeakers around the town, blaring a variety of musical tunes. Soon, he begins to sell airtime to the various lo ...

Gertrudis (1992)

The life and execution of Gertrudis Bocanegra, a sympathizer of the libertarian cause and a prominent figure in Mexico's independence from Spain. ...

Confessing to Laura (1991)

The action is situated in Colombia on April 9, 1948, date in which took place the famous "Bogotazo". It is a story of love frustrated by political circumstances. Laura, a spinster schoolteacher, lives to Josefina and Santiago, public employee. The three ch ...

Danzón (1991)

A telephone operator from Mexico City tries to support a family and her passion for popular dance. ...

Supporting Roles (1989)

A prestigious theater group in crisis prepares for the staging of a famous love tragedy. Mirtha, an actress marked by frustration, decides to leave the theater when a guest conductor offered a starring role. The incorporation of young actors, unscrupulous, ...

Visa U.S.A. (1986)

Adolfo is an ambitious young man who dreams of leaving the town where he lives with his parents and trying his luck as a radio host in the United States of America, without realizing that everything he truly desires is closer than he thinks. ...

Habanera (1984)

The world of a young psychiatrist is shattered when she finds out that her husband is having an affair with one of her patients. ...

Beloved (1982)

In 1914, during World Ward I, Amada, a bourgeois wife, falls in love with her cousin Marcial, a young idealist who is fighting against the Cuban regime in power. ...

Cecilia (1982)

The story of Cecilia is a story of the society that dominated 19th-century Cuba, a society divided between whites, blacks, and those who were mixed, the mulattos. (Since the Spanish conquistadors killed off the Indian population in Cuba not long after they ...

The Widow of Montiel (1979)

Mexican drama film directed by Miguel Littín. It is based on a short story of the same name by Gabriel García Marquez. ...

The Survivors (1979)

A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to be overthrown. As time passes, they regress to older and older systems of political order, from capitalism ...

Woman, Man, City (1978)

A young sociologist returns to Nuevitas, his hometown, to investigate the transformations taking place there, brought about by the advance of the revolutionary process. Disagreeing with the way his predecessor worked, he tries to change it and discovers th ...

Destino Manifiesto (1977)

Based on the events leading to the Spanish-America War of 1898. It reflects on the expansionist policies of the United States since its inception. A historical chronology that shows the consequences for Puerto Rico of the imperialist war against Spain: col ...

Cantata de Chile (1976)

The story of the Santa María School massacre of miners in 1907. ...

The Last Supper (1976)

A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper. ...

One Day in November (1976)

It is the story of a young man named Esteban, who was totally devoted to the cause of the Revolution against Fulgencio Batista. One day, Esteban is diagnosed with a cerebral aneurism, which causes him to take stock of his life as a revolutionary and to rec ...

The Other Francisco (1975)

Based on the novel Francisco by Anselmo Suárez y Romero, "The Other Francisco" is a socio-economic analysis of slavery and class struggle through the retelling of the original novel. The film contrasts the romantic conceptions of plantation life found in ...

Ustedes tienen la palabra (1973)

Rebuild, in the same place of events, a trial held in 1969 to four men, accused of sabotage for having caused the fire of a forest plan that caused the death of eight people and large material losses. At the same time, it analyzes retrospectively the circu ...

The Promised Land (1973)

During the socialist government of Marmaduke Grove in 1932, a group of villagers decide to take some land in the area of ​​Palmilla. Almost like a mythical journey, problems arise when seated and in a position to bring the socialist ideal in the popula ...

A Cuban Fight Against Demons (1972)

In 1672 Cuban revolutionaries launch an uprising against the Spanish who are occupying the country. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017. ...

Un retablo para Romeo y Julieta (1971)

A psychedelic combination of Shakespeare, rock & roll and Catholic symbolism in the shape of a Cuban ballet. ...

The First Charge of the Machete (1969)

Cuban peasants wield machetes in a violent uprising against Spanish authorities in the late 19th century. ...

Lucía (1968)

Traces episodes in the lives of three Cuban women, each named Lucía, from three different historical periods: the 1890s, the 1930s, and the 1960s. ...

Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)

In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami. Alone in a brave new world, Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women all ove ...

Un día en el solar (1965)

The daily life of the residents of one house, most of whose lives, in accordance with the customs of southern countries, take place in the courtyard, reflects the national character, the customs of the common people, their talent, and, most importantly, th ...

We, the Music (1964)

A rare panorama of Cuban music and dance from the 1960s. Featuring legendary Cuban musicians as well as vibrant spontaneous performances, We Are the Music captures the mood and vitality of Havana during its golden period. ...

Transit (1964)

A doctor committed against the revolution decides to escape in a boat. A criminal friend introduced him to a modest revolutionary family to cover it up. During the events aspects of a society in transition are reflected. ...

Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996 (2008)

A look at the life and work of Cuban filmmaker Tomas Gutierrez Alea. ...

Lucía (1968)

Traces episodes in the lives of three Cuban women, each named Lucía, from three different historical periods: the 1890s, the 1930s, and the 1960s. ...