PORFIRIO

By Alejandro LANDES

THE PLAYMAKER MUNICH (A BRAND OF B.A. PRODUKTION GMBH) - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2011

A Colombian man confined to a wheelchair hijacks a plane with two grenades in his diaper and the help of his teenage son.

Festivals
& Awards

Directors' Fortnight 2011
Toronto - TIFF 2011
Visions
    • Year of production
    • 2011
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • COLOMBIA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 106 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Alejandro LANDES
    • Writer(s)
    • Alejandro LANDES
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/1803-EE6D-08FB-E28E-E0B9-W
    • Producer(s)
    • Alejandro LANDES, Francisco ALJURE
    • Synopsis
    • Confined to a universe that stretches only from bed to wheelchair, Porfirio - a man in diapers who sells call time on his cell phone in a faraway city on the outskirts of the Colombian Amazon - dreams that he can fly.