A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
1988·Cuba·90 min.
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This film is based on a short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. An "angel" falls to Earth; he seems to be an old man with enormous wings, and not very clean. The very humble and unsophisticated people who live in the village where it befell, try to exploit his novelty for profit.
DirectorFernando Birri
CinematographyRaul Pérez Ureta
CastDaisy Granados·Asdrúbal Meléndez·Luis Alberto Ramírez·Adolfo Llauradó·Márcia Barreto·Fernando Birri·Silvia Planas·María Luisa Mayor·Parmenia Silva
Original titleUn señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes