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René Fortunato

René Fortunato

René Antonio Fortunato) is a Dominican film director, screenwriter, and producer. Fortunato is best known for his historical documentaries on Dominican government-and-politics. He began his career as a producer in 1985 with the production of In the Footsteps of Palau (Tras las huellas de Palau). Later in 1988, he gained national and international acclaim with the success of his version of the documentary April: the Trench of Honor (Abril: La Trinchera del Honor). Young was awarded the Pitirre Prize for Best Caribbean Documentary in the 1990 San Juan Film Festival.

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Movies Made By René Fortunato (10)

Caamaño: Militar a Guerrillero (2023)

The military and guerrilla career of Colonel Francisco Caamaño from the end of the 1965 Dominican civil war to his death in 1973. ...

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Patricia: El regreso del sueño (2017)

Juan Carlos returns to the Dominican Republic to reunite with his longtime fiancee, only to find her already married and pregnant. Sunk into despair and with nothing to do, he meets Patricia, who will change his life. ...

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Bosch: Presidente en la frontera imperial (2009)

The documentary presents the most important political and social events that occurred during the administration of the constitutional government with popular backing, headed by Juan Bosch, in the Dominican Republic, during the first seven months of the ...

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Balaguer: La herencia del tirano (1998)

The documentary describes the events that occurred since the death of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo in 1961, until the inauguration of Juan Bosch y Gaviño as president of the Dominican Republic on February 27, 1963. It also narrates the violence which disting ...

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Trujillo: El poder del jefe III (1996)

The third and last documentary part of the series of that began in 1991 with the "The Power of Generalissimo", first part. Here are the happened most important events in the Dominican Republic in the period between the 16 of August of 1952, date of the arr ...

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Trujillo: El poder del jefe II (1994)

The political and social events in the Dominican Republic are happened more important during period 1938-1952. The actions of the Trujillo's dictatorship during the Forties and the efforts of the refugees ones to overthrow it, are dialed with with details ...

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Trujillo: El poder del jefe I (1991)

The first part of the trilogy shows the political, economic, and social conditions that made Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic possible. It offers a stirring vision of more than twenty years of Dominican history, from 1916 to 1937, using fo ...

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Abril: La Trinchera del Honor (1988)

An account of the major political events that took place in Santo Domingo from the government of Juan Bosch in 1963, until the rise to power of Dr. Joaquin Balaguer in 1966. The military outbreak in April 1965 and the subsequent U.S. invasion are treated i ...

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Frank Almánzar: Imágenes de un artista (1987)

Explores the life and work of Frank Almánzar, a visionary Bauhaus-trained engraver, illustrator, and cultural animator who left an indelible mark in the cultural life of the country. ...

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Tras las huellas de Palau (1985)

Explores the life and work of Francisco A. Palau, believed to have been the first Dominican filmmaker. ...

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Movies Starring René Fortunato (1)