Miente (film)
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Miente is a 2009 Puerto Rican
drama film
directed by Rafi Mercado. The film was selected as the Puerto Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 83rd Academy Awards
but it didn't make the final shortlist.
Cinema of Puerto Rico
The history of the Cinema industry in Puerto Rico begins with the US invasion of the island in 1898. At that time, the American soldiers brought cameras to record what they saw. It was not until the 1912 that Puerto Ricans would begin to produce their own films.After this, Puerto Rican cinema has...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Rafi Mercado. The film was selected as the Puerto Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 83rd Academy Awards
83rd Academy Awards
The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2010 and took place February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards ...
but it didn't make the final shortlist.
Cast
- Oscar H. Guerrero - Henry
- Maine Anders - Jane
- Yamil Collazo - Samuel
- Teresa Hernández - Marta
- Eyra Aguero Joubert - Mistress Latipa
- Efraín López NerisEfraín López NerisEfraín López Neris is a Sephardi Puerto Rican actor, producer and cinematographer that has had a long trajectory in Puerto Rico's national artistic scene....
- Charlie - Rafel Perez-Veve - Thief
- Frank Perozo - Diff
- Julio Ramos - Garb - Neighbor
- Mariana Santángelo - Paula
- Carlos Vega - Jimenez