Leonardo Favio Movies

The story of Jose Maria Gatica, better known as Gatica el Mono, Argentina's main boxing star during the 1940s and 50s.

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

The head of a criminal gang has all the power among his men until one decides to testify against him.

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

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

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...

Mario, “el Rulo,” is a wanderer who travels the country giving artistic performances. One day he passes through the town of Carlos, a...

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

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 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 Spanish immigrant goes from delivery guy to successful singer.

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

The documentary deals on the life and achievements of Juan Domingo Perón and his governments, the key political facts and figures and also...

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