A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings(1988)
movie - first aired/released 1988-01-01 - 90 min - audience 5.3
Fantasy, Drama
Directed by Fernando Birri
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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Cast
Fernando BirriA very old man with enormous wings
Daisy GranadosElisenda
Asdrúbal MeléndezPelayo
Adolfo LlauradóLucky O'Capitone- Silvia PlanasEulalia
- Luis Alberto RamírezFather Gonzaga
- Márcia BarretoSpider Woman
Pablo MilanésSelf- María Luisa MayorMyrurgia
- Parmenia SilvaPìa
- MarabúTalia
- René MartinezUsnavy
- Rodrigo UtriaAnajan
- José Miguel LugoYoung Anajan
- Adrián GarcíaYoung Anajan
- Raúl CastellanosNeighbor with Donkeys
- Gregorio del RioNeighbor With Goat
- Yorky GarciaChild With Bike
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- Gonzalo GuerraBanana Farmer #1
- Orlando CirinoBanana Farmer #2
- Jose Luis RodríguezCanal Soldier #1
- Samurai GarciaCanal Soldier #2
- Elsa MedinaLady of the Square
- Reynaldo de la RosaDwarf Pilgrim
- Camilio HernandezSoldier
- Peki PérezSantería Priest #1
- Aristides BarbonSantería Priest #2
- Victoriano ZambranoSantería Priest #3
- Luis AriasSantería Priest #4
- Dolores SerrateSantería Priestess #1
- Obdulia LaminaSantería Priestess #2
- Miguel PazCowboy
- Andy GarciaKing of the Gypsies
- Ana CortinaPharaoh
- Miguel Angel FernandezGypsy Fire Eater
- Orlando ApaGypsy #1
- Ramon BattleGypsy #2
- Silvio del CastilloGypsy #3
- Yordanka RodriguezGypsy Dancer
- Luisa RodriguezClaraluz
- Eva BarayobreOld Woman at Raffle
- Filiberto RomaerLazaro
- Jorge Luis SánchezReporter in Helicopter #1
- Julio SimoneauReporter in Helicopter #2
Luis Alberto GarcíaUsnavy (voice)- Amado del PinoChild With Bike (voice)
- Franco CarbonRadio Announcer (voice)
- Sarita MalbertiClaraluz (voice)
- Jose ZamoranoClaraluz (voice)
- Frank GonzálezDwarf Pilgrim(voice)
- Camilo HernandezSoldier
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