''Cayo'' is a 2005
Puerto Rican film directed by
Vicente Juarbe and written by Ineabelle Colón and
Pedro Muñiz. The film also stars
Roselyn Sánchez
Roselyn Milagros Sánchez Rodríguez (born April 2, 1973) is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, producer, and writer. On television, she is best known for her roles as Elena Delgado on the CBS police procedural ''Without ...
.
Plot
The film follows the life of Iván, a former
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...
veteran (who later becomes a New York City police officer) who returns to his childhood home island of
Culebra in
Puerto Rico
; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
, after he is diagnosed with
cancer
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. Married to his longtime love, Julia, he tries to reconnect with his former best friend, Kike, who has estranged himself from the couple after Julia broke his heart and married Iván instead.
Cast
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Roselyn Sánchez
Roselyn Milagros Sánchez Rodríguez (born April 2, 1973) is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, producer, and writer. On television, she is best known for her roles as Elena Delgado on the CBS police procedural ''Without ...
as Young Julia
* Ivan Camilo as Kike
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Raul Carbonell, Jr. as Willie
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Kamar de los Reyes as Young Ivan
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Carlos Esteban Fonseca as Ivan
* Ineabelle Colón as Matilde
* Yamaris Latorre as Lourdes
* Idalia Pérez Garay as Julia
* Aris Mejias Agosto as Aidita
*
Kaly Cordova as Guys in NYC
See also
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Cinema of Puerto Rico
The history of the Cinema industry in Puerto Rico predates Cinema of the United States, Hollywood, being conceived after the first industries emerged in some locations of the United States, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, France, Great Britain and ...
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List of films set in Puerto Rico
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List of Puerto Rican Academy Award winners and nominees
Sources
Todo listo para el estreno de Cayoby Miguel López Ortíz.
Roselyn Sanchez cosecha lo sembrado by Daniela Torres-Mattus.
External links
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2005 films
Puerto Rican drama films
2000s Spanish-language films
Vietnam War films
2005 drama films
Spanish-language drama films
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