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1991 film

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. El Frontón is the main setting for the film.

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James Higgins -Lima: A Cultural and Literary History - Page 193 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 ..

v t e Peruvian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1967–1980	No Stars in the Jungle (1967) The Green Wall (1969) Mirage (1972)
1981–2000	Maruja in Hell (1983) The City and the Dogs (1985) The Mouth of the Wolf (1988) Fallen from Heaven (1990) Alias 'La Gringa' (1991) Report on Death (1993) Without Compassion (1994) Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999)
2001–2010	Paper Dove (2003) Days of Santiago (2005) Madeinusa (2006) Crossing a Shadow (2007) The Milk of Sorrow (2009) Undertow (2010)
2011–2020	October (2011) The Bad Intentions (2012) The Cleaner (2013) The Gospel of the Flesh (2014) NN (2015) Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes) (2016) Rosa Chumbe (2017) Eternity (2018) Retablo (2019) Song Without a Name (2020)
2021–present	Powerful Chief (2021) Moon Heart (2022) The Erection of Toribio Bardelli (2023) Yana-Wara (2024)

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