Cuentos para despertar

Cuentos para despertar

137 mins | Drama, Family | Jan. 2, 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".

Cuentos para despertar

137 mins | Drama, Family | Jan. 2, 1998

Cuentos para despertar
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".
Producers Corporación de Producciones Culturales
Original title Cuentos para despertar
Directors Luis Molina Casanova
Writers Abelardo Díaz Alfaro, Eneida Molina

Cast

David Ortiz Angleró

as Narrator

Braulio Castillo Jr.

as Abelardo Díaz Alfaro

Teófilo Torres

as Alcides "el bobo"

René Monclova

as El Jincho Muerto

José Luis (Chavito) Marrero

as Don Fruto Torres

Jacobo Morales

as Peyo Mercé

Maricarmen Avilés

as Gladys Meaux

Gladys Aguayo

as Abelardo's mother

Gerardo Ortiz

as Teacher

Benjamín Morales

as Abelardo's father

Esther Marí

as Passenger

Rey Francisco Quiñones

as School's principal

Ineabelle Colón

as Teacher Ana

Carmen Gutiérrez

as Passenger

Humberto González

as Priest

Mario Previdi

as Carpentry teacher