Leonardo Favio Movies

The life of a young artist from his childhood to his triumph.

This routine drama set in Argentina during the 1930s draws parallels between a family patriarch and a political despot who stoops to any corrupt...

Ismael, the weakest and most unstable member of a supposed group of conspirators with power aspirations, constantly suffers ridicule and contempt for...

A boy who lives and works with his grandfather whom he helps put together cardboard finds a magical book that tells stories and turns them into...

A woman realizes her husband's brutality while he's away and other men are after her.

In an institution for the blind, a man rails against his misfortune, his energy and thinking distorted by a need to fight his blindness. Unhappy and...

This haunting drama concerns a young woman on vacation from boarding school who discovers her aunt cloistered in the attic.

Three boys from very different backgrounds who have just finished their military service must face the complex social reality of Argentina.

A Spanish immigrant goes from delivery guy to successful singer.

Short tribute to Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernández, better known by his stage name "Bola de Nieve", a successful Cuban singer, composer and...

A woman tries to write a nice goodbye letter to her husband.

Leonardo Favio’s final years are captured through the eyes of his daughter in an intimate and revealing journey. As Favio recreates his...

This short features an unnamed shoeshine boy who works near a carnival. He dreams he befriends a middle-class boy one evening and gets a chance to...

A documentary short about the making of Gatica, el mono by argentine director Leonardo Favio. This film focuses on the particular way of directing...