Before the Rooster Crows

Before the Rooster Crows

98 mins | Drama | Sept. 8, 2016

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.

Before the Rooster Crows

98 mins | Drama | Sept. 8, 2016

Before the Rooster Crows
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Filmes Zapatero, Deluz
Original title Antes que cante el gallo
Directors Julio César Torres, Arí Maniel Cruz
Writers Kisha Tikina Burgos

Cast

Cordelia González

as Gloria / Carmín's Grandmother

Miranda Purcell

as Carmín

Kisha Tikina Burgos

as Doris / Carmín's Mother

José Eugenio Hernández

as Rubén / Carmín's Father

Isadora Lee Cintrón

as Carmín's Teacher