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.
Fernando Birri
Director
Gabriel García Márquez
Writer
Fernando Birri
A very old man with enormous wings
Daisy Granados
Elisenda
Asdrúbal Meléndez
Pelayo
Adolfo Llauradó
Lucky O'Capitone
Silvia Planas
Eulalia
Luis Alberto Ramírez
Father Gonzaga
Márcia Barreto
Spider Woman
Pablo Milanés
Self
María Luisa Mayor
Myrurgia
Northfork59%
El séptimo día66%
The Shepherd68%
Selva Trágica60%
Girl in the Box66%
Hereafter61%
Sin tetas no hay paraíso73%
La joven69%
Pedro Páramo68%
Nine Days68%
Fallen68%
Risa y la cabina del viento82%
The Mosquito Coast63%
Jack the Giant Slayer58%
Mr. K64%
The Old Man and the Sea65%
Starving in Suburbia65%
Donovan's Echo60%
Chupa62%
Soy Cuba78%
