La gran fiesta (in English, The Great Party) is a 1985 Puerto Rican drama film, written and directed by Marcos Zurinaga, based on a story by Ana Lydia Vega. The film was selected as the Puerto Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1]

La gran fiesta
Film poster
Directed byMarcos Zurinaga
Written byAna Lydia Vega
Marcos Zurinaga
Produced byRoberto Gándara
Marcos Zurinaga
StarringDaniel Lugo
Cordelia González
Raúl Juliá
Miguel Ángel Suárez
Laura Delano
Fernando Quiñones
Raúl Dávila
E.G. Marshall
Distributed byMoreno Films
Release date
  • 1985 (1985)
Running time
101 minutes
LanguageSpanish

The film chronicles the celebration of the last high-class party held at the Antiguo Casino de Puerto Rico before it was handed down to the United States military.

Cast

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  • Daniel Lugo as José Manuel
  • Cordelia González as Raquel
  • Miguel Ángel Suárez as Vázquez
  • Luis Prendes as Don Manuel González
  • Laura Delano as Rita Inés
  • Raúl David as Don Miguel de la Torre
  • Carlos Cestero as Ángel Luis
  • Ivonne Coll as Doña Tula
  • Maruja Mas as Doña Tere
  • Sully Diaz as Mari Tere
  • Raúl Juliá as Adolfo
  • Julián Pastor as Don Antonio Jiménez
  • Guy Paizy as Henry Berger
  • Fernando Quiñones as Luis Muñoz Marín
  • E.G. Marshall as Judge Cooper
  • Raúl Carbonell as M.C.
  • David Ortiz Angleró as The Narrator

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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