Leonardo Favio Movies

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...

The story of José María Gatica, better known as Gatica el Mono, Argentina's main boxing star during the 1940s and 50s. The film follows...

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...

Aniceto is used to being lonely. When Francisca offers him her love, his personal limitations and little miseries arise.

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

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

A girl and her fantasy universe in the brick ovens.

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...

This is the story of a Navy captain, a provincial government official during the Onganía dictatorship. Despite being married, he falls in love...

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

The romantic encounter and misunderstanding between an aristocratic model and an actor.

A documentary short featuring quotes from Argentine national heroes set against footage from Leonardo Favio's films.

A celestial envoy comes to Earth to help solve some small conflicts between humans, related to their attitude and relationships.

The godmother and Perla are the world to "the little girl," a world defined by the four walls of a studio apartment with one window looking nowhere....

A group of young aristocrats lock themselves up, for fun, on a terrace in a wealthy building in Buenos Aires. Their parents try to get them out, but...

Leonardo is a singer with huge success in Argentina and abroad. He is happy, but his tranquility is not enough as he can't find love and is possessed...

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