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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

1988•1h 30m•5.0/10
FantasyDrama

Ratings

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5.0/10(8)

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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Production

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

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Fernando Birri

Fernando Birri

A very old man with enormous wings

Daisy Granados

Daisy Granados

Elisenda

Asdrúbal Meléndez

Asdrúbal Meléndez

Pelayo

Adolfo Llauradó

Adolfo Llauradó

Lucky O'Capitone

Silvia Planas

Eulalia

Luis Alberto Ramírez

Father Gonzaga

Márcia Barreto

Spider Woman

Pablo Milanés

Pablo Milanés

Self

María Luisa Mayor

Myrurgia

Parmenia Silva

Pìa

Marabú

Talia

René Martinez

Usnavy

Rodrigo Utria

Anajan

José Miguel Lugo

Young Anajan

Adrián García

Young Anajan

Raúl Castellanos

Neighbor with Donkeys

Gregorio del Rio

Neighbor With Goat

Yorky Garcia

Child With Bike

Gonzalo Guerra

Banana Farmer #1

Orlando Cirino

Banana Farmer #2

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