Teófilo Torres

Asterion: or, (if you mess with the bull...) (2024)

Ricky, a 30-year-old police officer, rents a hotel suite beyond his means because he is celebrating a role he will play in a big Hollywood movie. He decides to spend money on alcohol and food while spending the entire night recording Instagram Live videos ...

Tinta y café (2013)

Raul's job as a lighthouse keeper takes an unexpected turn as he witnesses a man jumping from a cliff. It leads him to deal with the dilemma of death, while being constantly tormented by the suicidal thoughts of the previous lighthouse keeper. ...

15 años y un día (2011)

To confront the harsh reality of being accused for sexually molesting his own daughter, a man seeks escape in his mind. ...

El color de la guayaba (2010)

Bautista is a taxicab driver that has been rented by a woman named Ada. Ada wants him to drive her to the other side of the island with the condition that he doesn't take any other passengers and that he drives her to get some guavas. During the trip, Baut ...

Palés y la rumba de esquina (2009)

A musical tribute to Puerto Rican poet, Luis Palés Matos. His poems are set to Caribbean and Latin American rhythms, including drums, guitars, and melodies. ...

La mancha (2009)

Fisherman Sacarías finds himself at sea, immersed in memories of his old friend Chago. ...

Che: Part One (2008)

Ernesto Guevara, known as 'Che', leads a group of Cuban exiles under Fidel Castro in a revolution to overthrow Fulgencio Batista, the dictator of Cuba. ...

El cimarrón (2006)

El cimarrón is a love story about a young African couple, Marcos and Carolina, that takes place in the slavery era at the turn of the nineteen-century in a Caribbean island. After several futile escape plans, Marcos finally escaped. Now free, he returns t ...

El sueño del regreso (2005)

A handful of immigrants make a bittersweet pilgrimage back to the land of their birth in this comedy drama. Ten people who have little in common beyond the fact they were all originally from Puerto Rico and now live in New York, discover they've won a cont ...

Dejavú (2005)

A being's emptiness is represented in this short by a marriage that cannot escape the vicious circle they are locked in, product of the irrationality of a society predestined to survive by the grace of money and not their emotional, cultural or identity at ...

Chiringa (2004)

The story of three children who try to fly a kite, but lose it in a cemetery. There, they encounter Pedro Albizu Campos, who helps them in their quest, while analyzing the situation as a metaphor for the existing political division in the country. ...

Desamores (2004)

There has been a grave massacre within a highly successful insurance company in Puerto Rico. The owners, a married couple, have been slaughtered along with their employees. While the police are investigating, a private investigator, Isabelo, is hired. The ...

Doña Ana (2004)

An epic portrayal of the reincarnation of three souls, two brothers and a sister, through the most volatile periods of Puerto Rico's dramatic history. Their mother, Doña Ana, who lost them in a freak storm in the 1850's, is forced to bear witness to their ...

And God Created Them 2 (2004)

Three stories ("Lo mismo de otra manera", "Félix", and "Te tengo una sorpresa") that delve deeply into issues such as human solidarity, infidelity, and social conflicts in contemporary Puerto Rico. ...

Barrios (2004)

Presents three barrio stories: "La familia del Camello" about a public residential basketball coach and his dilemmas, "El baila'o de Julia y Berto" about two neighbors trying to rediscover love in their maturity, and "El rumbón de Fepe" about a man who ha ...

Devolviéndome (2004)

Without resorting to dialogue nor introspection, the film portrays the emotional destruction of a man as a result of alcoholism. ...

Ocho Puertas (2003)

Ocho Puertas is a popular Puerto Rican club where many of the future musical talents of Puerto Rico were first showcased, and given a chance to succeed. ...

La gringa (2003)

Raised in New York, Marilyn Morales returns to Puerto Rico to claim an inheritance. Her obsession with Marilyn Monroe, dressing and acting like her, creates a clash of acceptance with the residents of the neighborhood. The new surroundings and clash will l ...

Julia, toda en mí (2002)

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

El cuento inolvidable de la abuela (2002)

The story develops with the character of the grandmother, who visits one of her daughters to celebrate Christmas Eve. It is precisely in that place where she sits on the couch and starts recounting stories to her granddaughters. ...

Helen Can Wait (2001)

12 horas (2001)

A night in the life of a cab driver in San Juan, Puerto Rico. ...

Los Díaz de Doris (2000)

Doris is a hardworking and honest woman, divorced and mother of two teenagers whom she adores but doesn't understand. After a bad relationship with her husband, she no longer trusts men. She lives only for her children, but they're living their own lives. ...

Punto final: de como Tito Mangual aprendió a bregar (1999)

A film aimed at depicting not only the daily goings-on in a so called "punto", but the internal conflicts among those who are often propelled into the drug world. ...

Leyendas de Puerto Rico (1999)

A film narrative on Puerto Rican playwright and journalist don Cayetano Coll y Toste. Three of his most famous stories are reenacted: "El Santo Cristo de la Salud", "El Espíritu del Carretero", and "La Garita del Diablo". ...

Cuentos para despertar (1998)

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", "Santa Cló va a la cuchilla", and "Don Fruto Torres". ...

A Flight of Hope (1993)

A comedy narrating the adventures of ten Puerto Ricans looking for a better life. The film centers on an airplane trip to New York during 1960's. It relates in a comical, yet poignant manner, the array of reasons each of the passengers has for leaving Puer ...

La recién nacida sangre (1992)

Film interpretation of the story of the writer Luis Rafael Sánchez bearing the same name. A man and his wife have lost various children. When he learns his wife is pregnant again, he decides to murder her, fearing they would lose another child. ...

Cauce sin río (1991)

Based on Enrique A. Laguerre's novel. ...

La Charca (1990)

Based on Manuel Zeno Gandía's novel about peasant life in late nineteenth-century Puerto Rico. ...

Yuyo (1989)

Based on Miguel Meléndez Muñoz's novel. ...

Glitz (1988)

Vincent Marra is a Miami cop on medical leave in Puerto Rico, where he's being stalked by a sex offender he testified against. ...

Anacrusis (2023)

The end of a friendship between two fellow musicians torn by the harsh realities of adulthood in the Puerto Rican art scene. ...