Leonardo Favio Movies

A Spanish immigrant goes from delivery guy to successful singer.

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...

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

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

A girl and her fantasy universe in the brick ovens.

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...

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

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...

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

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

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.