Runner
2026 · Action · Comedy
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Film / 1993
A Flight of Hope
Directed by
Luis Molina Casanova
A comedy narrating the adventures of ten Puerto Ricans looking for a better life. The film centers on an airplane trip to New York during 1960's. It relates in a comical, yet poignant manner, the array of reasons each of the passengers has for leaving Puerto Rico and the challenges they face as suggested by the interactions of the Anglo crew and the passengers.
The story
A comedy narrating the adventures of ten Puerto Ricans looking for a better life. The film centers on an airplane trip to New York during 1960's. It relates in a comical, yet poignant manner, the array of reasons each of the passengers has for leaving Puerto Rico and the challenges they face as suggested by the interactions of the Anglo crew and the passengers.
Cast
José Luis (Chavito) MarreroFaustino Román
Teófilo TorresMateo
Gladys RodríguezDominga
Sunshine LogroñoBob "Berto" Barker
Gladys AguayoCarmen
Adamari LópezMariana
Idalia Pérez GarayGulderia
José M. Umpierre
Axel AndersonPadre Gautier
Dennis M. Rivera
Carmen Nydia Velázquez
Ernesto Vélez Gandía
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Norma CandalMiguelina
Raúl DávilaErnesto
Eugenio MonclovaPassenger visiting NY for the first time
Orlando RodríguezLcdo. Aguayo
Esther MaríSandalia Serrano
Tony Chiroldes
Ángel F. RiveraOrlando Colón
Julio Ramos
Andrés F. Quiñones
Joe Rosa
Gerardo Ortiz
Mario RocheMirabal (taxi driver)
Alba Nydia DíazPilar Marrero
David Rodríguez
Hilda Avilés
Marian PabónMary Powell
Kate GarrityKaty Molson
Ineabelle Colón
Luis Enrique Romero
Nilka Desiree Rosado
Delia Esther Quiñones
Santos NazarioDon Tiburcio
Roy Sánchez-VahamondeBoy (segment "La maroma")
Hector Travieso
Cristina Soler
Víctor SantosSanta Claus
Iliana García
Noelia Crespo
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