The Feast of the Goat (film)

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The Feast of the Goat
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Directed by Luis Llosa
Screenplay by
  • Luis Llosa
  • Augusto Cabada
  • Zachary Sklar
Based on The Feast of the Goat
by Mario Vargas Llosa
Produced by Andrés Vicente Gómez
Starring
CinematographyJavier Salmones
Edited byAlejandro Lázaro
Music by José Antonio Molina
Release date
Running time
132 minutes
CountriesDominican Republic
Spain
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Feast of the Goat (Spanish: La fiesta del chivo) is a 2005 Dominican-Spanish-British drama film directed by Luis Llosa and starring Tomas Milian, Isabella Rossellini, Paul Freeman, Juan Diego Botto and Stephanie Leonidas. It is based on Mario Vargas Llosa's 2000 novel of the same name. [1] [2]

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Plot

Urania Cabral returns to Santo Domingo, after several years, and remembers her and her family's relationship to Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, the Dominican dictator, as well as the events surrounding his assassination. [3]

Cast

Production notes

Shooting began in Santo Domingo in the first weeks of October 2004. After several weeks of productions continue in Spain. Several locations using for shooting are located in La Romana and Jarabacoa (North of Capital). The Executive production was in Charge of Andres Vicente Gomez, Chairman of Lola Films [4]

The movie had a release date in Madrid February 24, 2006 [5] but first had a screening in the Berlin International Film Festival. [6]

Reception

Writing for Variety Magazine, Jonathan Holland described the film as "rushed, but thoroughly enjoyable" and executed with "clinical skill". Holland complained that the film lacked the nuance and strong characterization of Vargas Llosa's novel. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Holland, Jonathan (23 February 2006). "The Feast of the Goat". Variety . Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  2. ↑ McGavin, Patrick Z. (27 February 2006). "The Feast Of The Goat (La Fiesta Del Chivo)". Screen Daily . Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "El peruano Luis Llosa deja el cine de acción de Hollywood para adaptar 'La fiesta del chivo'". El País (in Spanish). 2006-01-15. ISSN   1134-6582 . Retrieved 2025-12-23.
  4. ↑ "El rodaje de 'La fiesta del Chivo' comienza la próxima semana". el mundo . Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  5. ↑ "'La fiesta del Chivo' llega al cine el 24 de febrero". el mundo . Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  6. ↑ "Estreno mundial de la 'Fiesta del Chivo' en el festival de la Berlinale". el mundo . Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  7. ↑ Holland, Jonathan (23 February 2006). "The Feast of the Goat". Variety . Retrieved 2024-01-20.
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