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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-01-01
54%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
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.
Languages: Spanish.
Countries:
Cuba,
Italy,
Spain
ProductionCompanies: 
El Laboratorio de Poéticas Cinematográficas de Fernando Birri
Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano
Movie: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Top 8 Billed Cast
Fernando Birri
A very old man with enormous wings
Daisy Granados
Elisenda
Asdrúbal Meléndez
Pelayo
Adolfo Llauradó
Lucky O'Capitone
Pablo Milanés
Self
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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.
Release Date
1988-01-01
Average
5.429
Rating:
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