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Favio: Chronicle of a Director

Favio: Chronicle of a Director

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Documentary

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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

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Runtime

120 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

05 November 2015

Country

Argentina

Cast

Graciela Borges

Graciela Borges

Herself

Juan José Camero

Juan José Camero

Himself

Nico Favio

Nico Favio

Himself

Luis Ferrando

Luis Ferrando

Himself

Maximiliano Gorriti

Maximiliano Gorriti

Himself

Horacio Labraña

Horacio Labraña

Himself

Edgardo Nieva

Edgardo Nieva

Himself

Diego Puente

Diego Puente

Himself

Juan José Stagnaro

Juan José Stagnaro

Himself

Eliseo Subiela

Eliseo Subiela

Himself

José Wyszogrod

José Wyszogrod

Himself

Jorge Zuhair Jury

Jorge Zuhair Jury

Himself

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