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Puerto Rico10 Essential Films from Puerto RicoStop 6 of 10

La guagua aérea

1993

Aboard a night flight from San Juan to New York in the 1960s, a planeload of Puerto Rican migrants share their stories, dreams, and humor as they carry their island with them to the mainland. A warm, bittersweet comedy about the diaspora.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Puerto Rico

This film is stop 6 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Puerto Rico. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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