A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

Jan 1, 1988

1h 30m

★ 5.0

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.

Genres

Fantasy

Drama

Production Companies

TVE

ICAIC

El Laboratorio de Poéticas Cinematográficas de Fernando Birri

Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano

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Cast

A very old man with enormous wings

Fernando Birri

Elisenda

Daisy Granados

Pelayo

Asdrúbal Meléndez

Lucky O'Capitone

Adolfo Llauradó

Eulalia

Silvia Planas

Father Gonzaga

Luis Alberto Ramírez

Spider Woman

Márcia Barreto

Self

Pablo Milanés

Myrurgia

María Luisa Mayor

Pìa

Parmenia Silva

Talia

Marabú

Usnavy

René Martinez

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