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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
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Title: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

Release Date: 1 Jan 1988

Runtime: 1h 30m

Genre: Fantasy, Drama

Director: TVE, ICAIC, El Laboratorio de Poéticas Cinematográficas de Fernando Birri, Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano

Production Companies: TVE, ICAIC, El Laboratorio de Poéticas Cinematográficas de Fernando Birri, Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano

Overview: An elderly man with wings is blown off course during a tropical storm in this symbolic fantasy. The Old Man lands near a Caribbean island where a poor family gives him shelter in a chicken coop. Father Gonzaga is the skeptical priest who rushes to damn the creature. Soon the Old Man is the subject of curiosity seekers as Elisinda and Pelayo start charging admission. A traveling carnival of human oddities camps near the Old Man as people flock to see the show. The Old Man is reduced to being an unwanted pet, and after six years, he mends his wings and flies away. Nudity, simulated sex with a spider woman, and the ugliness of human exploitation definitely put this fantasy in a category not for children.

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Average Vote: 4.6 (6 votes)

Cast

  • Elisenda: Daisy Granados
  • Pelayo: Asdrúbal Meléndez
  • Old Angel: Fernando Birri
  • : Adolfo Llauradó
  • Eulalia: Silvia Planas
  • Father Gonzaga: Luis Alberto Ramírez
  • Spider Woman: Márcia Barreto
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