Where to watch · United States
Not on any service here yet.
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (1988)
Directed by Fernando Birri
Fantasy, Drama · 1h 30m
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.
Cast
Fernando Birri
A very old man with enormous wings
Daisy Granados
Elisenda
Asdrúbal Meléndez
Pelayo
Adolfo Llauradó
Lucky O'Capitone
Pablo Milanés
Self
Crew
- Director
- Fernando Birri
- Screenplay
- Fernando Birri
- Writer
- Gabriel García Márquez
- Director of Photography
- Raúl Pérez Ureta
- Original Music Composer
- José María Vitier
- Editor
- Jorge Abello, Settimio Presutto
Details
- Original title
- Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes
- Release date
- 1988-08-29
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Cuba, Italy, Spain
- Production
- TVE, ICAIC, El Laboratorio de Poéticas Cinematográficas de Fernando Birri, Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano