Porfirio

Colombia, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, France

2011

101 Min

Color

2.35:1

Spanish

Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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EXEC Francisco Aljure, Jorge Manrique Behrens, Maja Zimmermann

SCR Alejandro Landes, Mateo Ingouville, Ezequiel Schmoller

CAST Porfirio Ramírez, Aldana Jarlinsson, Ramírez Reinoso, Yor Jasbleidy, Santos Torres

SOUND Lena Esquenazi, Raúl Locatelli

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), Toronto (Visions), Mar del Plata (Latin American Competition), Stockholm (Latin Visions), CPH PIX (Front Runners)

Synopsis

Confined to a universe that stretches only from bed to wheelchair, Porfirio – a man in diapers who sells call time on his cell phone in a faraway city on the outskirts of the Amazon – dreams that he can fly. –Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

Director

Alejandro Landes

Alejandro Landes was born in São Paulo, Brazil, to a Colombian mother and Ecuadorian father. He studied literature, economics and architecture at Brown University, then went on to write for the Miami Herald and the syndicated- television talk show “Oppenheimer Presenta.”

His first film, the documentary “cocalero,” premiered at Sundance 2007 and opened theatrically in more than ten countries. With “Porfirio,” he was a fellow at the Cinéfondation Residence and the Sundance Institute. —porfiriofilm.com

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Carlos Filipe Freitas

19Feb13

Without any shame or complex, "Porfirio" says a lot about humanity and justice, at the same time that points a finger at the incompetent Colombian state. Full Review and Rating: http://alwayswatchgoodmovies.blogspot.com/2013/02/porfirio-2012.html