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.
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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.
Cast
Tomas Milian as Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Isabella Rossellini as Urania
Paul Freeman as Agustín Cabral
Juan Diego Botto as Amadito García Guerrero
Stephanie Leonidas as Uranita
Shawn Elliott as Johnny Abbes García
Murphy Guyer as Turk
Richard Bekins as Manuel Alfonso
Jordan Lage as Gral. Pupo Román
Carlos Miranda as Antonio Imbert Barrera
Steven Bauer as Juan José Viñas
David Zayas as Antonio de la Maza
Eileen Atkins as Aunt Adelina
Ricardo Álamo as Ramfis Trujillo
Stephen C. Bradbury as American Senator
Gary Piquer as Galindez
Production
Filming began in Santo Domingo in the first weeks of October 2004. After several weeks of filming, the production continued in Spain. Several locations using for filming were located in La Romana and Jarabacoa (North of Capital). The executive in charge of production was the Spanish Andres Vicente Gomez, chairman of Lola Films. The budget was RD$8,000,000.
The movie was released in Madrid on February 24, 2006, but first had a screening in the Berlin International Film Festival. It was released in Peru on 30 March 2006.
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.