Porfirio

Fiction feature · 2011 · Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay, Spain and France

Directed by: Alejandro Landes · Produced by: Franja Nomo

Porfirio
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Synopsis

Confined to a world that stretches no further than from his bed to his wheelchair, Porfirio — a man in diapers who makes a living selling mobile-phone minutes in a remote town on the Amazon — dreams of flying.

Creative team

Director
Alejandro Landes
Screenplay
Alejandro Landes
Script consultants
Mateo Ingouville, Ezequiel Schmoller
Producers
Francisco Aljure, Alejandro Landes
Executive producers
Francisco Aljure, Jorge Manrique Behrens, Maja Zimmerman
Co-production
Carmelita Films, Campo Cine, Control Z Films, Atopic
Co-producers
Jorge Manrique Behrens, Nicolás Avruj, Diego Lerman, Fernando Epstein, Antonio Segovia, Christophe Gougeon
Associate producers
Rubén Cabrera, Thomas Nickel
Production manager
Gustavo Pazmín Perea
Assistant director
Alejandro Ezpeleta
Director of photography
Thimios Bakatakis
Art direction
Daniela Schneider
Production sound
Raúl Locatelli
Sound design
Lena Esquenazi
Editing
Eliane D. Katz

Main cast

  • Porfirio Ramírez Aldana
  • Jarlinsson Ramírez Reinoso
  • Yor Jasbleidy Santos Torres

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