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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

Original title: Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes
1988 · 1 h 30 min
Directed by Fernando Birri
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Cast

Daisy Granados Asdrúbal Meléndez Luis Alberto Ramírez Adolfo Llauradó Marcia Barreto Fernando Birri

Credits

Written by: Fernando Birri

Plot

An adaptation of a story by Gabriel García Márquez.

Sinekatalog’s take

Fernando Birri adapts García Márquez's story of a fallen angel exhibited in a poor village as a freak show. Warm in spirit, but slight and stagey, it is a modest, uneven treatment of a magical-realist classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 5.2 / 10 (138 votes)
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