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Before the Rooster Crows

2016 · film · PR

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Directed by: Arí Maniel Cruz

Starring: Cordelia González, Miranda Purcell, Kisha Tikina Burgos, José Eugenio Hernández, Isadora Lee Cintrón, Pablo Alicea

Runtime: 98 min

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Before the Rooster Crows is a film directed by Arí Maniel Cruz2. The film is set in a mountainous village in Puerto Rico where a teenager named Carmín lives with her grandmother1.

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  1. synopsis — Teenager Carmín lives in a mountainous village in the center of Puerto Rico with her tough and conservative grandmother. Her mother left for the US without her. The arrival of her father, after long years in prison, eases Carmín’s profound sadness. The relationship with him, however, brings its own ambiguousness and complexities and as Carmín moves into womanhood this causes great confusion, mostly for her.
  2. credit — Before the Rooster Crows (2016) is directed by Arí Maniel Cruz.

Synopsis

Teenager Carmín lives in a mountainous village in the center of Puerto Rico with her tough and conservative grandmother. Her mother left for the US without her. The arrival of her father, after long years in prison, eases Carmín’s profound sadness. The relationship with him, however, brings its own ambiguousness and complexities and as Carmín moves into womanhood this causes great confusion, mostly for her.

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