La gran fiesta

{{short description|1985 film by Marcos Zurinaga}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = La gran fiesta

| image = La gran fiesta (cover art).jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Marcos Zurinaga

| writer = Ana Lydia Vega
Marcos Zurinaga

| producer = Roberto Gándara
Marcos Zurinaga

| starring = Daniel Lugo
Cordelia González
Raúl Juliá
Miguel Ángel Suárez
Laura Delano
Fernando Quiñones
Raúl Dávila
E.G. Marshall

| music =

| distributor = Moreno Films

| released = {{Film date|1985}}

| runtime = 101 minutes

| language = Spanish

| budget =

}}

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

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 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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