René de la Cruz
Acting
Biography
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Born: January 3, 1931
Place of Birth: Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
Known For
Memories of Underdevelopment
In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami. Alone in a brave new world, Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women all over Havana. He finally meets Elena, a young girl he seeks to mould into the image of his ex-wife, but at what cost to himself?
Jíbaro
The first years of the Cuban Revolution characterized by social transformations and class struggles.
Polvo rojo
When the Revolution nationalizes the nickel processing plant in Moa, the Cuban technicians who were working with the Americans leave the country. An engineer manages to get it up and running.
Transit
A doctor committed against the revolution decides to escape in a boat. A criminal friend introduced him to a modest revolutionary family to cover it up. During the events aspects of a society in transition are reflected.
Banderas, the Tyrant
In Santa Fe de Tierra Firme, an imaginary Latin American country, the indigenous dictator Santos Banderas rules with an iron fist. A group of rebels trying to seize power by force while some liberals try a change of government legally.
Río Negro
Tirso Fabre, a militiaman and member of the Black River co-operative farm, and Chano Carrillo, a counterrevolutionary hiding behind his front as a Castro sympathizer, receive the news in different ways, in line with their antagonistic ideological positions.
Horn of Plenty
An unclaimed fortune, grown for centuries in a British bank account, becomes a potential windfall for Bernadito Castiñeiras and the residents of the tiny village of Yaragüey, Cuba. To receive his massive inheritance check, Bernadito must prove his lineage to the Castiñeiras nuns who first populated the region. In an isolated and impoverished town where many residents share the same surname, a feud breaks out between the "Castiñeiras" and "Castiñeyras" families.
Realengo 18
A group of peasants of Realengo 18 must face the greed of an American company trying to evict them from their place. One of the peasants will have to deal with the conflict of seeing her son join the rural guard who represses them.
Mascaro, Hunter of the Americas
Oreste is a man in the thirties and looks somewhat disheveled. One day, he decides to leave the small port of Arenales where he has lived to leave without a certain direction aboard 'El Mañana', a dilapidated steamboat. Moments before sailing, you will meet two strange characters: Prince Patagón and Mascaró. Together, they will sail the sea and will have to face many challenges.
El socio de Dios
Julio César Arana, a rubber baron in the Putumayo region, who was characterized by being a callous, heartless, and debased personality, allies himself with foreign companies, to exploit rubber reserves in the Peruvian Amazon region. He stops at nothing, not even the extermination of indigenous tribes. Thus, the so-called crimes of Putumayo occur; the Amazonian communities rebel and resist.
Filmography
as Pipo
as Abilio del Valle
as Elena's brother
as René
as (segment "Un día de trabajo")
as Nico