Lysistrata in Puerto Rico! To reify their rights as homemakers, the women of a working-class neighbourhood go on strike against their husbands, and leading this merry band of dissenters is a woman named Modesta. One of the most famous and decorated films produced in the early years of Puerto Rican cinema.
– Olaf Möller
Also in this combined programme
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Una voz en la montaña
A story that extols the power of the collective as a worker combats widespread illiteracy.
Film details
- Country of production
- Puerto Rico
- Year
- 1956
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2025
- Length
- 35'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
