Adolfo Llauradó Movies

An elderly man with wings is blown off course during a tropical storm in this symbolic fantasy. The Old Man (Fernando Birri) lands near a Caribbean island where a poor family gives him shelter in a chicken coop. Father Gonzaga (Luis Alberto Ramirez) is the skeptical priest who rushes to damn the creature. Soon the Old Man is the subject of curiosity seekers as Elisinda (Daisy Granados) and Pelayo (Asdrubal Melendez) start charging admission. A traveling carnival of human oddities camps near the Old Man as people flock to see the show. The Old Man is reduced to being an unwanted pet, and after six years, he mends his wings and flies away. Nudity, simulated sex with a spider woman, and the ugliness of human exploitation definitely put this fantasy in a category not for children. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

When the Brazilian government of the leftist president Goulart was overthrown by right-wing military men in 1964, the president's supporters and those who could be assumed to support him were either rounded up and imprisoned, or were harassed in some other way. In this drama, based on a play by Dias Gomes, Sergio is a writer and journalist with known left-wing affiliations. Thanks to his job at the newspaper, he got early word of the suppression and went into hiding at a friend's small apartment. However, he did not have a chance to notify his friend. When the man comes to his little apartment with a mistress (that is what he got it for), he is shocked to find Sergio in residence. Later, Sergio and his wife are reunited at the hiding place, and he must come to grips with his lack of seriousness about his revolutionary affiliations at the same time he and his wife confront the growing rift between them. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

With a little more character development, Jibaro could have risen above its politically-motivated symbolism to speak to a general audience. This melodrama focuses on the incorrigible Felo (Salvador Wood) who lives out in the farming boondocks, killing the wild dogs that prey on livestock. Felo and others are rounded up and trained as a peasant militia in a humorous boot-camp segment that provides a hiatus in the action. But after the militia is trained, it is time to go out and hunt down another kind of wild dog -- the counter-revolutionaries who are hiding out in the mountains. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Teresa bears the weight of her world on her shoulders. She works outside the home at a textile factory, participates in a folk-dance troup organized by her fellow workers, tries to keep up with the family's housework, and is a mother to her children. Her very macho husband, an up-and-coming television repairman, is offered a job in a nearby in a school in another town and is inclined to take it. Watching Teresa work doubtless wearies him. The two have arguments and the issue of the husband's affairs comes up. They are nearly reconciled when Teresa asks what he would do if he found out that she, too, had affairs. When he does not answer as she would wish, she leaves him for good. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Made in Cuba, Lucia tells three stories of three periods in Cuban history, each featuring a heroine named Lucia. The first playlet takes place in 1895: Lucia #1 (Raquel Revlizita) neglects her husband in order to become involved in the war against Spain -- and incidentally, with a handsome young insurgent. The second story transpires in 1932: Lucia #2 (Eslina Nunez), a divorced mother, aids in overthrowing the corrupt Cuban dictator. The third story is set somewhat indeterminately during the Castro regime. Our third Lucia (Adela Legra) is, like her predecessors, a free-thinker and a rebel, who finally stands up to her particular oppressor: her loutish husband. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi