La fiesta del chivo (2005)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Luis Llosa

Writers:

Augusto Cabada (writer)
Luis Llosa (writer)

Release Date:

3 March 2006 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Urania Cabral returns to Santo Domingo, after several years, and remembers her sentimental relationship with Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican dictator.

Plot Keywords:

Dictator | Murder | Father | Based On Novel

Cast

Tomas Milian	...	Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Isabella Rossellini	...	Urania
Paul Freeman	...	Agustín Cabral
Juan Diego Botto	...	Amadito García Guerrero
Stephanie Leonidas	...	Uranita
Shawn Elliott	...	Johnny Abbes
Murphy Guyer	...	Turk
David Zayas	...	Antonio de la Maza
Steven Bauer	...	Juan José Viñas
Eileen Atkins	...	Aunt Adelina
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Miguel Acta	...	Feast Guest
Ricardo Álamo	...	Ramfis Trujillo
Sonia Alfonso
José Manuel Alvarez	...	Feast Guest
Melina Alvarez	...	Woman at church
Richard Bekins	...	Manuel
Catherine Bliss	...	Magnolia Viñas
Sergio Carlo
José Guillermo Cortines	...	Octavio De la Maza
Maritza de Hernández	...	Feast Guest
Francisco De Leon	...	Feast Guest
Rui Delgado	...	Trujillist at Church (as Raul Delgado)
Germania de Pineda	...	Trujillo's mother
Ana de Sánchez	...	Feast Guest
César Díaz	...	General
José Díaz	...	Feast Guest
Sabrina Díaz	...	Woman at Church
Richard Douglas
Dulce Feliz	...	General's Wife
Johanna Fernández	...	General's wife
Marco Ferrer	...	Child at Urania's house
Ivonne Marie Garcia	...	Club´s owner
Milagros Germán
May Heatherly	...	Nurse
Laura Henríquez	...	Feast Guest
Amadin Hernández	...	Feast Guest
Amado Hernández	...	General
Douglas Hundley	...	Cabral's companion
Jordan Lage	...	Pupo
Pericles Mejía	...	Joaquín Balaguer
Carlos Miranda	...	Antonio Imbert Barrera
Pepito Miró	...	Cabral's Companion
Mariella Parra	...	Angelita Trujillo
Irene Perez Guerra	...	María Martínez
Frank Perozo	...	Rene gil
José Gabriel Pineda	...	Radhames Trujillo
Gary Piquer	...	Galindez
Victor Prieto	...	Amigo de Octavio
Jean André Pumarol	...	Urania's birthday guest
Jean Marco Pumarol	...	Urania's birthday guest
Farid Ramia	...	Aviation General
Victor Ramirez
Denet Ramos	...	Urania's birthday guest
Alfonso Rodríguez	...	Johnny Abbes' Helper
Ramsay Ross	...	Gustavo
Rocco Salata	...	Servant
Ana Lucía Sánchez	...	Feast Guest
Aida Selman
Alex Stark	...	Pilot
Frank Stark	...	Feast Guest
Frank Stark	...	Feast Guest
Natasha Stubbs	...	Altagracia
Eduardo Suero	...	Government Minister
Sharlene Taulé	...	Luisa
Christine Tejada Torchío	...	Feast Guest
Marien Zagarella	...	Loyal Trujillist

Also Known As:

The Feast of the Goat (International: English title)

Runtime:

Argentina:132 min

Country:

Dominican Republic | Spain | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Spain:18 | Argentina:18

Filming Locations:

La Romana, Dominican Republic

Company:

Future Film Group

Trivia:

All the exteriors were filmed in Santo Domingo, but the studio filming was done in Spain.

Goofs:

Continuity: The National Police (Policia Nacional) of Dominican Republic was the color green in Trujillo's Era, however, on the film it appears yellow. The Nacional Police was not yellow until 2004-2005.

Good but not Excellent

As a Dominican, I can say the movie cannot be considered as the movie about the Trujillo government, but about the story of how some things were in those years, specially how difficult was for some women specially that were attracted by Trujillo, and how Urania's life changed after going to help his father reputation while going to the supposed "party" with Trujillo, that became into the Goat's party as the movie is named. I haven't read the book yet, but I like the movie and I recommend it movie. For people interested in knowing about Trujillo's era, also you can see "In the times of the butterflies", it is also more realistic about Trujillo's times.