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Porfirio

Colombia, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, France

2011

101 Min
Color
2.35:1
Spanish
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DIR Alejandro Landes

EXEC Francisco Aljure, Jorge Manrique Behrens, Maja Zimmermann

PROD Alejandro Landes

SCR Alejandro Landes, Mateo Ingouville, Ezequiel Schmoller

DP Thimios Bakatatakis

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

ED Eliane Katz

MUSIC Leo Heiblum

SOUND Lena Esquenazi, Raúl Locatelli

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

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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

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