''La Pachanga'' (''The Party'') is a 1981 Mexican

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

film, directed by José Estrada. The film received three

Ariel Awards The Ariel Award ( es, Premio Ariel) is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excel ...

in 1983:

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...

, Best Editing and Best Art Direction.

Plot

During a weekend in Mexico City, the inhabitants of an old apartment building held two separate ceremonies: a

quinceañera A (also , , , and ) is a celebration of a girl's 15th birthday. It has pre-Columbian roots in Mexico (Aztecs) and is widely celebrated by girls throughout Latin America. The girl celebrating her 15th birthday is a (; gender (linguistics), ...

and a wake. Neighbors are mixed between the two parties while love, sex, comedy and tragedy are combined.

Main cast

Julissa Julissa (born Julia Isabel de Llano Macedo; 8 April 1944 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican actress, producer and singer. She is the daughter of radio and television personality Luis de Llano Palmer and actress Rita Macedo. Her childr ...

as Adela *

Claudia Islas Elizabeth Islas Brasdefer (born July 17, 1946 in Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, Mexico) is a Mexican telenovela actress who is better known as Claudia Islas (). She is very famous for her beauty and was called "Mexican Brigitte Bardot" in the past. ...

as Carmen * Gregorio Casal as Alejo *

Sergio Jiménez Sergio Jiménez (December 17, 1937 – January 3, 2007), born in Mexico City, was a Mexican actor who became famous after portraying the character of ''El Gato'' in the film ''Los caifanes''. His last work was directing the telenovela ''La fe ...

as Don Moshe Mostkoff *

Alejandro Ciangherotti Alejandro Ciangherotti (1940 – 30 May 2004) was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in 45 films between 1953 and 1999. Selected filmography Film * '' The Coward'' (1953) - Roberto, niño (uncredited) * '' The Second Woman'' (1953) - Ramó ...

as Vicente *Patricia Rivera as Elodia *

Elsa Cárdenas Elsa Cárdenas Rentería (born 3 August 1932) is a Mexican actress. Since 1954 she has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows. She starred in the film ''Happiness'', which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. ...

as Laura *

Noé Murayama Noé Murayama (July 4, 1930 – August 25, 1997) was a Mexican actor, who starred in numerous Mexican films. Biography Noé was born in Ciudad del Maíz in the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. His father was Japanese Mexican. His name is a ...

as Rey *

Carmelita González Carmelita González (July 11, 1928 – April 30, 2010) was a Mexican lead actress known for her film roles during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She appeared in nearly 100 Mexican films during her career, opposite such actors as Mario Moreno ...

as Doña Eugenia

Awards

Ariel Awards

The

Ariel Award The Ariel Award ( es, Premio Ariel) is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excel ...

s are awarded annually by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences in Mexico. ''La Pachanga'' received three awards out of eight nominations. , - , rowspan="8" scope="row",

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

, scope="row", José Estrada , scope="row",

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Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to th ...

, , - , scope="row",

María Rojo María de Lourdes Rojo e Incháustegui, commonly known as María Rojo (; born August 15, 1943 in Mexico City), is a Mexican actress and politician. She was Senator of the Republic in the upper house of Mexican Congress. She debuted during the Gol ...

, rowspan="1" scope="row",

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress awar ...

, , - , scope="row",

, rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Supporting Actor , , - , scope="row", José Morales Montáñez , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Art Direction , , - , scope="row",

Rosalío Solano Rosalío Solano (August 30, 1914 – August 20, 2009) was a Mexican award-winning cinematographer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, perhaps best known for his work in the film ''Talpa''; which won him the Silver Ariel for Best Cinematography of ...

, rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Cinematography , , - , scope="row", Rafael Ceballos , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Editing , , -

External links

References

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