A humble Merengue performer falls in love with the mayor's niece, facing the opposition of her family and his rival.
Isabel
Daniel
Gloria
Mireya
El Alcalde
Lucas
Chele
Maestro de Ceremonia
Don Joaquín
Maestro Vargas
El Augurio güira
Jardinero
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The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.
The life of Dominican teacher, patriot and activist Ercilia Pepín.
Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.
Three convicted criminals escape from prison carrying only a güiro, a tambor and an accordion. During their journey, they meet with a bunch of interesting characters and are forced to use their musical skills to help them get home.
A coffee grower, still single at 40, decides to finally start his search for love by going to the capital city on the Dominican Republic.
José is a passionate young man in the Dominican countryside who has been in love with Julieta ever since they met when they were young kids. 10 years later and after Julieta returns from the city to visit her father, José looks for the help of his best friend to win over her love. But things don't exactly workout as planned when Julieta's new step-mom ("Seliné") cooks up some good 'ol Dominican witchcraft and decides to put a spell on José, hoping to separate them. It is then up to Julieta, her best friend María and El Jobo to take on this new 'witch' to save themselves and José.
After a traumatic family event, stepchildren Vera and Andres flee to the south of the Dominican Republic with a photographer, Santiago, whom they met the night before at Vera's homecoming party, and strike a deal with her humanity.
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Lucas is a 19 years old deaf animator who explores life through his sketchbook. He encounters a handsome young man at his favorite library, leading him to seek a creative way to communicate with him. He chooses to set aside his beliefs and insecurities to ask him out on a date.
Manuel, a young Dominican chef, has the opportunity to fulfill his dream when a businesswoman asks him for a dish that will impress her. But, he has to deal with his inner voice that torments him in order to make it.
Despite living in a conservative society, Daniela, a closeted queer, commits to a young high school girl named Lucía, but a traumatic event threatens their relationship.
Overwhelmed by debt and family problems, a dentist tries to rob a bank office, keeping the Dominican society in suspense for 14 hours.
Twelve-year-old Desi is in pursuit of becoming a famous singer. As Desi braces to leave her hometown, she's met with deep-seated secrets that have long tormented her family and their coastal Dominican community.
Follows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.
After six years, Antonio and Laura face a crisis in their relationship.
A story about a simple man from the mountains, Guaguasi, who falls in love with a beautiful chorus girl, Marina, during the Cuban Revolution. Guaguasi joins the rebels and arrives in Havana at the end of Batista's dictatorship, and, in the midst of political turmoil, is swept off his feet by the mesmerising Marina. The story celebrates the vitality and lunacy of the Revolution period with surrealism, humor and sensuality and is a compassionate metaphor about the human condition.
An unwanted pregnancy triggers the journey into adulthood for Makenya, a Dominican-Haitian teenager who lives in the Batey, a community surrounded by sugarcane fields.
