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Favio: Chronicle of a Director
Genres
Documentary
Overview
There are very few icons in Argentine culture capable of appealing to both popular and elitist tastes. Leonardo Favio was undoubtedly one of them. An unseasonable Peronist attached to the liturgy of his land, the director, born in the province of Mendoza, was and artist at every craft. a Renassaince man, but above all, a filmmaker. This is how "Favio: Chronicle of a Director" recaptures him, as a man of film who fed from radio, acting, music and painting in order to build up the handful of rhapsodies with which he adorned argentinean cinematography
Details
Budget
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Revenue
$0
Runtime
120 min
Release Date
2015-11-05
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
8
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Graciela Borges
Herself
Juan José Camero
Himself
Nico Favio
Himself
Luis Ferrando
Himself
Maximiliano Gorriti
Himself
Horacio Labraña
Himself
Edgardo Nieva
Himself
Diego Puente
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Juan José Stagnaro
Himself
Eliseo Subiela
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José Wyszogrod
Himself
Jorge Zuhair Jury
Himself
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