Movies by Junior Álvarez

La llamarada

La llamarada

Adaptation from Enrique A. Laguerre's novel "La llamarada". It depicts the struggles of Puerto Rican peons in the sugar cane fields during the 1930's.

El corillo

El corillo

Human needs are explored in a group of adolescents who find themselves in a tutorial room in preparation for the university's entrance exam. This film aims for youths to reflect on their way of thinking and acting.

Culebra USA

Culebra USA

Three shipwreck survivors reach the shores of a deserted island used to carry out military experiments. The issue of military occupation and its consequences on the civilian population is presented in this microcosm, composed by the three characters.

Los Foodtruckeros

Los Foodtruckeros

When a foodtruck park finds itself at the risk of being closed, a group of foodtruckers fight for the rights to record a promotion from the tourism company on their truck.

Las combatientes

Las combatientes

In this story of love, life, and friendship, three Puerto Rican women from very distinct socioeconomic classes are united when they must fight the same battle. Their lives collide at a doctor's office when they are diagnosed with a life threatening illness. Each has her own struggles, but they come together to survive and support one another on a luxurious weekend away in a beautiful beach resort. When they return to reality...how much have they changed?

En el día menos pensado

En el día menos pensado

Two couples see their lives transformed after the tragedy of losing a child. Both families face the loss in their own way, allowing feelings of guilt, deny, and jealousy to surface, until family disintegration is almost inevitable.

Baile, Botella & Barajas

Baile, Botella & Barajas

In the world of briscas, three kings and a queen gather to play cards and discuss the important issues of society... if their eccentric personalities allow it.

Aventura verde

Aventura verde

Five children enter a forest full of giant trees, strange animals, and magical characters.

Abierto 24 horas

Abierto 24 horas

A taxi driver, who becomes the anonymous confidant of his passengers, witnesses the various stories they tell him. A famous actress, a child rescued from the underworld witness to the murder of her parents, and a woman victim of domestic violence are the characters that lead us to reflect on some of the realities that we live in our society.

Los hijos de nadie

Los hijos de nadie

On a typical day when group therapy is being held in a psychiatric hospital, Dr. Rafael learns that his wife is dying of the AIDS virus.

La última noche

La última noche

Robert and Juliana are very much in love and plan to marry, but Juliana's father opposes the marriage because there is a debt pending.

Zompi

Zompi

Alex, a 10 year old child, faces the trauma of his parents' divorce, a new home, neighborhood, and school. Alex dreams of being a famous ballplayer like his father, but the instability of his new life makes him an insecure child and unable to recognize his talent. The arrival of Zompi, a virtual intelligent animal, transforms and helps him overcome all his fears.