La gran fiesta
La gran fiesta 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 Academy Award for Best [Foreign Language Film|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.
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