Movies by Vicente Castro

La Cenicienta Boricua
The famous fairy tale of Cinderella is adapted to our times, considering as background the present situation of Puerto Rican coffee growers. The story is set in Lares, Puerto Rico, at a time close to Christmas. Miosotis’s father has died and Ava Rice, his widow, wants to sell his family coffee farm to a foreign company, whose monopoly on the island continues to displace the country's coffee growers.
Las infieles
A drama showing infidelity from the unique perspective of women. The one who was betrayed, the one who does it for fun, the obsessed, and the one on the verge of committing an infidelity, all presented without judgment about what is right and what is wrong.
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.
El desvío... la escena del crimen
Two stories intersect, with violence as a common axis. An inside look into the world of youth boxing, full of championship illusions, combined with jealousy and envy.
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.
La recompensa
A young woman flees just before her wedding day and disappears to avoid facing the consequences of her actions.
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.
El tesoro del Yunque
A group of children camp in the yard of their grandmother's house in the outskirts of El Yunque. Plunged into a fantastic collective dream, the children get lost in El Yunque and experience the adventure of finding their way home, as they meet themselves and three magical characters who represent our cultural mix: an indian, a black freed slave, and a Spanish gentleman.

The Promise of Kings
The story of a family that is threatened by expropriation. The struggle of a woman becomes the struggle of the entire neighborhood.
Santa Clós es Boricua
Modern version of A Christmas Carol.
Cuéntame tu pena
A woman hosts a nocturnal radio program, in which people can release their anguish. The call of a woman with a sexual addiction problem will trigger the suspense when she is killed while her call is in the air.

The Other Mafia
Five prominent politicians are celebrating the bachelor party of one of them, but an accident occurs and a person dies. Now everyone is involved.
La noche que tumbaron al campeón
The most anticipated night for all, where a boxing champion fights for his title. A woman tries to commit suicide and a fugitive tries to find a way out. Together by chance and united by their circumstances while the fight is held, they struggle to cling on to life despite having lost everything.
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.
Amores extremos
Aurora, a renowned and talented Spanish painter, travels to Puerto Rico accompanying her boyfriend Mauricio, who must be reunited with his family after many years. The visit will generate chaos and will open wounds of a terrible past.
El pan nuestro
The story of Ana Belén, who has to give her daughter Gilda to her best friend and foster sister Maribel, because she must serve a prison sentence.
Cuando las mujeres quieren a los hombres
In an ex-alumni meeting, five friends meet and acknowledge their regret that they have not been able to get out of life what they always proposed. An approach to freedom and solidarity among all women despite men.
En el ojo del huracán
The death and burial of the patriarch of a Vega Baja family provokes the reunion of all his sons and wives, who have been estranged for six years. They all gather for his funeral with ulterior purposes, but attend the meeting amidst a hurricane alert for Puerto Rico.

Coralito y sus dos maridos
Coralito is the wife of Paulino, who dies but never leaves her. Especially when she marries the town doctor, Hernán.

La nena se casa... en Navidad
Adalberto's life turns upside down when his daughter Sylvia announces she's getting married.