''Cayo'' is a 2005
Puerto Rican film directed by
Vicente Juarbe and written by Ineabelle Colón and
Pedro Muñiz
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. 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
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veteran (who later becomes a New York City police officer) who returns to his childhood home island of
Culebra in
Puerto Rico
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, 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
Kamar de los Reyes (born November 8, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Antonio Vega on the ABC soap opera, ''One Life to Live'', and as Raul Menendez, the primary antagonist of the 2012 video game, '' Call of ...
as Young Ivan
*
Carlos Esteban Fonseca as Ivan
* Ineabelle Colón as Matilde
* Yamaris Latorre as Lourdes
* Idalia Pérez Garay as Julia
* Aris Mejias Agosto as Aidita
See also
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Cinema of Puerto Rico
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List of films set in Puerto Rico
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List of Puerto Rican Academy Award winners and nominees
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Sources
Todo listo para el estreno de Cayoby Miguel López Ortíz.
Roselyn Sanchez cosecha lo sembradoby Daniela Torres-Mattus.
External links
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2005 films
Puerto Rican films
2000s Spanish-language films
Vietnam War films
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