Alias 'La Gringa'
Appearance
Alias 'La Gringa' | |
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Directed by | Alberto Durant |
Written by | Alberto Durant |
Starring | Germán González |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Peru |
Language | Spanish |
Alias 'La Gringa' is a 1991 Peruvian drama film directed by Alberto Durant.[1][2] The film was selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3] El Frontón is the main setting for the film.[4]
Cast
- Germán González as La Gringa
- Elsa Olivero
- Orlando Sacha
- Juan Manuel Ochoa
- Enrique Victoria
- Gonzalo de Miguel
- Ramón García
- Aristóteles Picho
See also
- List of submissions to the 64th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Peruvian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "Alias 'La Gringa'". NY Times. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ "Alias 'La Gringa'". Film Affinity. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ James Higgins -Lima: A Cultural and Literary History - Page 193 1902669983 2005 El Fronton is the main setting for Alberto Durant's Alias "La Gringa" (1991), a film evoking the contradictions of Peruvian society by showing common criminals and Shining Path militants sharing the same space. Though founded in 1537, Callao is a relatively modern town, as in 1746 it was destroyed by a massive earthquake and a huge tidal wave which wiped out most of its population. So great was the wave that it is said to have reached as far as the eighteenth-century church of ..