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 Colombian Amazon – dreams that he can fly.
Director
Alejandro Landes
Version
OV: Colombian
Subtitles: English, French, DutchProduced by
Francisco Aljure | Alejandro Landes
(FRANJA NOMO)Screenplay
Alejandro Landes
DOP
Thimios Bakatakis
Cast
Porfirio Ramirez Aldana | Jarlinsson Ramirez Reinoso | Yor Jasbleidy Santos Torres
Genre
Drama
Running Time
106 min.
Release
December 30, 2011
Festivals
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2011 | 36th Edition of the Age d’Or (Cinédécouvertes Competition) | Amsterdam World Cinema Fest | Toronto FF | San Sebastian FF | Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine | Busan FF | Rio de Janeiro FF | Warsaw FF | Thessaloniki FF | Stockholm FF Cuenca FF Ecuador | Goa FF | Cartagena FF 2012 | Festivalissimo Montréal | Miami FF, New Directors/New Films | CPH Pix Denmark | Chicago Latino FF | Monterrey FF | Transilvania FF | Taipei FF | 2morrow Moskau | Chennai FF 2012 | Guanajuato Int’l FF | 50th International Film Festival of India
Awards
Cinédécouvertes Distr. Prize 2011 (Bruxelles) | World Cinema Amsterdam Jury Award | Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine: Premio del Jurado a Mejor Pelicula y Premio al Mejor Actor | Thessaloniki FF: Special Jury Award for Originality and Innovation - Bronze Alexander | Cuenca FF Ecuador: Best Director | Goa FF: Golden Peacock for Best Film | Cartagena FF 2012: Best Iberoamerican Director, Best Colombian Film, Best Colombian Director | Festivalissimo Montréal: Best Picture
Year
2011
Status
completed
credits not contractual
