Before the Rooster Crows

Directed by Arí Maniel Cruz

With Cordelia González, Miranda Purcell, Kisha Tikina Burgos, José Eugenio Hernández and Isadora Lee Cintrón

Teenager Carmín lives in a mountainous village in the center of Puerto Rico with her tough and conservative grandmother. Her mother left for the US without her. The arrival of her father, after long years in prison, eases Carmín’s profound sadness. The relationship with him, however, brings its own ambiguousness and complexities and as Carmín moves into womanhood this causes great confusion, mostly for her.