- EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
Santo Domingo (República Dominicana), 1992. Urania Cabral regresa a su ciudadnatal. Apenas reconoce al viejo calvo y desdentado que yace en su lecho, mudo einmóvil, casi inerte. Es su padre, Agustín Cabral, alias “Cerebrito”,Presidente del Senado y mano derecha del dictador Trujillo durante muchos,muchos años. Hasta que cayó en desgracia. Pero de aquello ha pasado muchotiempo.Todo ello lo recuerda Urania 30 años después. Se lo cuenta a su tía y a susprimas, que no entienden por qué ha estado tanto tiempo sin venir a verlos, aellas y a su propio padre. Finalmente, ella confesará el terrible secreto quela llevó a alejarse para siempre de su hogar y su familia, un secreto quedestrozó su vida para siempre.La Fiesta del Chivo es también la historia de unos hombres que dieron su vidapara acabar con una de las tiranías más sangrientas de la historia reciente deAmérica Latina. Su epopeya y la de Urania se entrelazan en un intensocaleidoscopio de amor, odio, muerte y violencia.Una película, basada en la apasionante novela de Mario Vargas Llosa, en la queun terrible drama personal se combina con la trama de una conspiración política,una gesta histórica y un trágico final que marcó una nueva era en la historiade la República Dominicana.
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), 1992. Urania Cabral returns to herhometown. She can barely recognize the old toothless man lying in his bed, muteand motionless, almost inert. It is her father, Agustin Cabral, alias“Egghead”, President of the Senate and right hand man of Trujillo the dictatorduring many, many years until he fell into disgrace. However, all that happeneda long time ago.Urania remembers all this 30 years later. She talks about it with her aunt andcousins who don´t understand why she didn´t come to see them or her own fatherfor so many years. Finally, she will confess the terrible secret that kept heraway from home and family forever, a secret that destroyed her life.The Feast of the Goat is also the story of the men who sacrificed their livesto end one of the bloodiest tyrannies of recent Latin American history. Theirepic story and that of Urania are intertwined in an intense kaleidoscope oflove, hate, death and violence.This film, based on the passionate novel by Mario Vargas Llosa, is about atremendous personal drama combined with a political conspiracy, a historicgesture, and a tragic ending that marked a new era in the history of theDominican Republic.
- CAST
Performance | Name | Role |
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Cast | Milian, Tomás | Rafael Leónidas Trujillo |
Cast | Rossellini, Isabella | Urania Cabral |
Cast | Freeman, Paul | Agustín Cabral |
Cast | Botto, Juan Diego | Amadito |
Cast | Leónidas, Stephanie | Uranita |
Cast | Atkins, Eileen | Adelina |
Cast | Bauer, Steven | Viñas |
Cast | Zayas, David | Antonio de la Maza |
- CREW
Performance | Name | Notes |
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Production | Andrés Vicente Gómez | |
Directed by | Llosa, Luis | |
Executive Production | José Manuel Garasino | |
Executive Production | Albert Martínez Martín | |
Executive Production | Stephen Margolis | |
Associate Production | Carola Ash | |
Line Production | Luis Gutiérrez | |
Screenplay | Cabada, Augusto | |
Screenplay | Llosa, Luis | |
Screenplay | Sklar, Zachary | |
Plot | Basado En La Novela 'La Fiesta Del Chivo' Demario Vargas Llosa | |
Cinematography | Salmones, Javier | |
Score | Stephen Warbeck | |
Film Editing | Alejandro Lázaro | |
Production Design - Art Direction | Salvador Parra | |
Costume | Sabine Daigeler | |
Sound | Peter Glossop | |
Re-recording mixer | Richard Lewis | |
Re-recording mixer | James Muñoz | |
Assistant Director | Daniela Forn | |
Casting | Stephanie Klapper C.S.A. (Casting Usa) | |
Casting | Carol Dudley (Casting U.K.) | |
Make-up | Lynda Armstrong | |
Hairdressing | Merche Guillot | |
Special Effects | Reyes Abades | |
Visual Effects | El Ranchito | |
Other info | Postproducción/Post-Production: | |
Other info | Future Post. London |
- FILM & TRAILER RATINGS
Film Rating | Duration | Certification |
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 18 | 128 min. | 7/22/2005 |
Trailer Rating | Runtime | Certification |
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 13 | 3 min. seg. | 1/25/2006 |
Video Rating | Runtime | Certification |
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 18 | 128 min. seg. | 7/3/2006 |
- PUBLIC GRANTS
Grant | Amount |
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Grants - Amortisation of Feature Films - General | 758,815.05 € |
Grants - Reducing interest - Production | 29,149.08 € |
- CREW
Tag | Information |
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Year of the Spanish Films Catalogue | 2005 |
Production year | 2005 |
Length | Largometraje |
Film Formats | 35 mm. |
Running time | 128 minutos |
Emulsion | Color Kodak |
Aspect ratio | Panorámico 1:1,85 |
Laboratories | FOTOFILM MADRID, S.A. |
- Film Info
Tag | Information |
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Star-up shooting date | 11/11/2004 |
Ending shooting date | 12/23/2004 |
Locations | Dominican Republic (The) - (Days: 53) |
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