Alias 'La Gringa is a 1991 Peruvian drama film directed by Alberto Durant. 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.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences El Frontón is the main setting for the film.James Higgins. Lima: A Cultural and Literary History. P. 193. ISBN 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 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
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