Lo que le Pasó a Santiago (1989)

Original title

Lo que le pasó a Santiago

Directed by

Jacobo Morales

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A recently retired widower meets a mysterious young woman who shakes up his daily routines.

lightheartedwarmwhimsicalgentlepoignantbittersweetreflective

What happens

What Happened to Santiago (Spanish: Lo que le pasó a Santiago, Spanish: [ˈlo ke le paˈso a sanˈtjaɣo]) is a 1989 Puerto Rican comedy film written and directed by Jacobo Morales. The film tells the story of a recently retired widower who meets a mysterious young lady who disrupts his daily routines. It was the first and only Puerto Rican production to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2011 AMPAS revised its rules to make films from U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico ineligible for the Foreign Language Film award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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