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La Gran Fiesta is a film of genre Drama with Daniel Lugo
La Gran Fiesta (1988)
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Add to a movie listLa 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.
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.
Actors
Daniel Lugo
Miguel Ángel Suárez
(Vázquez)
Raúl Dávila
(Don Miguel de la Torre)
E. G. Marshall
(Judge Cropper)
Raúl Juliá
(Adolfo)
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