La Gran Fiesta

La Gran Fiesta
Poster of the film
Directed by	Marcos Zurinaga
Written by	Ana Lydia Vega Marcos Zurinaga
Produced by	Roberto Gándara Marcos Zurinaga
Starring	Daniel Lugo Cordelia González Raúl Juliá Miguel Ángel Suárez Laura Delano Fernando Quiñones Raúl Dávila E.G. Marshall
Distributed by	Moreno Films
Release date	1985 (1985)
Running time	101 minutes
Language	Spanish

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]

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[]

• Daniel Lugo as Jose Manuel
• Cordelia Gonzalez as Raquel
• Miguel Angel Suarez as Vazquez
• Luis Prendes as Don Manuel Gonzalez
• Laura Delano as Rita Ines
• Raul David as Don Miguel de la Torre
• Carlos Cestero as Angel Luis
• Ivonne Coll as Dona Tula
• Maruja Mas as Dona Tere
• Sully Diaz as Mari Tere
• Raul Julia as Adolfo
• Julian Pastor as Don Antonio Jimenez
• Guy Paizy as Henry Berger
• Fernando Quinones as Governor Munoz Marin
• E.G. Marshall as Judge Cooper
• Raul Carbonell as M.C.
• David Ortiz Anglero as The Narrator

See also[]

• Cinema of Puerto Rico
• List of films set in Puerto Rico
• List of submissions to the 59th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Puerto Rican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References[]

External links[]

• La Gran Fiesta at IMDb

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