''Alias 'La Gringa is a 1991 Peruvian
drama film
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directed by
Alberto Durant
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The film was selected as the Peruvian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
64th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
El Frontón
El Frontón is a deserted island and former penal colony off the coast of Callao, Peru.
Geography
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is the main setting for the film.
[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 ..]
Cast
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Germán González as La Gringa
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Elsa Olivero
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Orlando Sacha
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Juan Manuel Ochoa
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Enrique Victoria
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Gonzalo de Miguel
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Ramón García
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Aristóteles Picho
Aristóteles Picho Martínez (8 March 1957 – 21 December 2013) was a Peruvian actor, director, writer and acting teacher.
Born in Huancayo, Junín Region, Picho studied at the Escuela Nacional Superior de Arte Dramático and began his career ...
See also
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List of submissions to the 64th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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References
External links
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1991 films
1991 drama films
1990s Peruvian films
1990s Spanish-language films
Peruvian drama films
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