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Popi is a 1969 American comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Hiller, and starring Alan Arkin (in the title role) and Rita Moreno. The screenplay was written by Tina Pine and Lester Pine. The film focuses on a Puerto Rican widower struggling to raise his two young sons in the New York City neighborhood of Spanish Harlem.
Popi: Directed by Arthur Hiller. With Alan Arkin, Rita Moreno, Reuben Figueroa, Miguel Alejandro. A Puerto Rican widower concocts an extraordinary plan for making a better life for his two motherless sons.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Arthur Hiller
- 1969-10-22
The premise is promising. Alan Arkin plays a harried Puerto Rican father in New York's Spanish Harlem. He holds three jobs in an attempt to raise his two young sons decently. But as a result, he's too busy to pay adequate attention to the kids.
Popi. Genial Puerto Rican widower Abraham Rodriguez (Alan Arkin), known as "Popi" to his preteen sons, grapples with poverty and hardship in their Spanish Harlem neighborhood. Desperate to...
Aug 8, 2020 · They were married from 16 June 1964 to 2 November 1999 (divorced, one child). Two of Arkin’s movies, Popi (1969) and Freebie and the Bean (1974), were later adapted into TV series both starring Hector Elizondo in Arkin’s screen roles.
Of Puerto Rican descent, widowed Abraham Rodriguez lives with his two sons, 11-year-old Junior and 9-year-old Luis, in a one-room unit in a Spanish Harlem tenement.
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Popi (Abraham Rodriguez), a Puerto Rican widower struggling to raise his two young sons amid the squalor of New York's Spanish Harlem, has two aims in life. One is to marry Lupe, his warmhearted, voluptuous girl friend, and move to Brooklyn.
