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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

Jan 1, 1988
1h 30m
★ 5.3

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

Cast

Fernando Birri

A very old man with enormous wings

Fernando Birri

Daisy Granados

Elisenda

Daisy Granados

Asdrúbal Meléndez

Pelayo

Asdrúbal Meléndez

Adolfo Llauradó

Lucky O'Capitone

Adolfo Llauradó

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Eulalia

Silvia Planas

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Father Gonzaga

Luis Alberto Ramírez

No Image

Spider Woman

Márcia Barreto

Pablo Milanés

Self

Pablo Milanés

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Myrurgia

María Luisa Mayor

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Pìa

Parmenia Silva

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Talia

Marabú

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Usnavy

René Martinez

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