Alias 'La Gringa' Explained

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alias 'La Gringa' . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307081846/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/144458/Alias-La-Gringa-/overview . dead . 7 March 2016 . Movies & TV Dept. . . . 2016 . 19 September 2015 .
2. Web site: Alias 'La Gringa' . 19 September 2015 . Film Affinity.
3. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
4. 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 ..