Modesta is a 1956 short film

Film

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, set in Puerto Rico

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, in which a peasant

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 woman rebels against her husband's authoritarianism. She and the other women of her community organize

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 the Liberated Women League to fight for their rights. It stars Antonia Hidalgo and Juan Ortiz Jiménez.

The movie was adapted by Benjamin Doniger, Luis A. Maisonet and René Marqués

René Marques

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 from a story by Domingo Silas Ortiz. It was directed by Doniger. In 1998, Modesta was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry

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 by the Library of Congress

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 as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Modesta is a real estate company, based in Bratislava

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 Slovakia

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. It is an Alliance member of BNP Paribas Real Estate and specialises in real estate consultancy and brokerage. Modesta provides offices to rent in Bratislava.