Marcos Zurinaga

Marcos Zurinaga is a cinematographer born and raised in Puerto Rico. Among the several movies that he has directed is "La Gran Fiesta", a movie about the last grand party at the old "Casino de Puerto Rico" building in Old San Juan before it was turned over to military use as the United States was drawn into World War Two.

The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca

Another unusual movie in the thriller/mystery category is The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca.^[1]

Synopsis: During the year 1936 as civil war is beginning to brew in Spain, teenagers Ricardo Fernandez and Jorge Aquirre have come to idolize the poet Federico Garcia Lorca. They attend the premiere of his play "Yerma" and actually go back stage to meet the man. Soon after their meeting, Lorca is arrested by the fascists and subsequently disappears. Fifteen years after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Ricardo returns to his native Granada as an established journalist to ponder what really happened to the famed, murdered Spanish poet. Knowing that he will never be able to find peace until he finds Lorca's killer, Ricardo returns to Franco's Spain, a country still rife with enemies of the poet and dangers waiting for one who would discover the murderer.

Cast: Andy Garcia [1], Federico Garcia Lorca; Esai Morales, Ricardo; Edward James Olmos, Lozano; Jeroen Krabbe, Colonel Aguirre; Giancarlo Giannini, Taxi; Miguel Ferrer, Centeno; Marcela Walerstein, Maria Eugenia; Jill Ramez, Carlota; William Marquez, Lorca's Father; Carmen Zapata, Lorca's Mother and several others. The source for this movie review is:

References

1. ^ Wilner, Norman (1997-09-12). "Fictionalized Lorca investigation defies its own logic The Disappearance Of Garcia Lorca AA With Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos and Andy Garcia. Screenplay by Marcos Zurinaga & Juan Antonio Ramos and Neil Cohen, based on the books "The Assassination Of Federico Garcia Lorca" and "Federico Garcia Lorca: A Life" by Ian Gibson. Directed by Marcos Zurinaga. At Cineplex Odeon theatres. **". http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/14163685.html?dids=14163685:14163685&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+12%2C+1997&author=By+Norman+Wilner+SPECIAL+TO+THE+STAR&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Fictionalized+Lorca+investigation+defies+its+own+logic+The+Disappearance+Of+Garcia+Lorca+AA+With+Esai+Morales%2C+Edward+James+Olmos+and+Andy+Garcia.+Screenplay+by+Marcos+Zurinaga+%26+Juan+Antonio+Ramos+and+Neil+Cohen%2C+based+on+the+books+%22The+Assassination+Of+Federico+Garcia+Lorca%22+and+%22Federico+Garcia+Lorca%3A+A+Life%22+by+Ian+Gibson.+Directed+by+Marcos+Zurinaga.+At+Cineplex+Odeon+theatres.+**&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2010-02-22. 

• Hollywood.com review

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