Directing

Leonardo Favio

Born May 28, 1938 · Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina

Died November 5, 2012 · aged 74

Fuad Jorge Jury (28 May 1938 – 5 November 2012), commonly known as Leonardo Favio, was an Argentine singer, actor, film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of Argentina’s best film directors and most enduring cultural figures as well as a popular singer-songwriter throughout Latin America.

Known For

Soñar, soñar

Soñar, soñar · 1976

MovieDramaComedy

Mario, “el Rulo,” is a wanderer who travels the country giving artistic performances. One day he passes through the town of Carlos, a municipal employee who dreams of being an artist. A friendship is born between the two of them, and Carlos leaves it all behind to follow Mario.

The Boss

The Boss · 1958

MovieCrimeDrama

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

Chronicle of a Boy Alone

Chronicle of a Boy Alone · 1965

Chronicle of a Boy Alone

The story of a delinquent eleven-year-old orphan in authoritarian Argentina.

Aniceto

Aniceto · 2008

MovieMusicDrama

Love, passion, disappointment, pain and sadness shape this love triangle between Aniceto, Francisca and Lucía, played by dancers Hernán Piquín, Natalia Pelayo and Alejandra Baldón.

Juan Moreira

Juan Moreira · 1973

MovieHistoryDrama

In the late nineteenth century, the mule driver Juan Moreira is a good gaucho and worker who, like many others, is subjected to abuse and humiliation by the powerful, either the police or landowners.

El bruto

El bruto · 1962

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

Paula Cautiva

Paula Cautiva · 1963

An Argentine who emigrated to the United States finds himself by chance in Argentina for business. There he hires a woman, Paula, who is from a traditional but poor family, and he finds himself falling in love with her.

The Dependent

The Dependent · 1969

Fernandez is a lonely man leading a lonely life. All he does is work for an old man in a hardware store. But all that changes, when he meets the girl of his dreams... and her family.

Filmography

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Soñar, soñar

Soñar, soñar · 1976

MovieDramaComedy

Mario, “el Rulo,” is a wanderer who travels the country giving artistic performances. One day he passes through the town of Carlos, a municipal employee who dreams of being an artist. A friendship is born between the two of them, and Carlos leaves it all behind to follow Mario.

Director

The Boss

The Boss · 1958

MovieCrimeDrama

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

Marcelo

Chronicle of a Boy Alone

Chronicle of a Boy Alone · 1965

Chronicle of a Boy Alone

The story of a delinquent eleven-year-old orphan in authoritarian Argentina.

Writer

Aniceto

Aniceto · 2008

MovieMusicDrama

Love, passion, disappointment, pain and sadness shape this love triangle between Aniceto, Francisca and Lucía, played by dancers Hernán Piquín, Natalia Pelayo and Alejandra Baldón.

Director

Juan Moreira

Juan Moreira · 1973

MovieHistoryDrama

In the late nineteenth century, the mule driver Juan Moreira is a good gaucho and worker who, like many others, is subjected to abuse and humiliation by the powerful, either the police or landowners.

Director

El bruto

El bruto · 1962

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

Paula Cautiva

Paula Cautiva · 1963

An Argentine who emigrated to the United States finds himself by chance in Argentina for business. There he hires a woman, Paula, who is from a traditional but poor family, and he finds himself falling in love with her.

The Dependent

The Dependent · 1969

Fernandez is a lonely man leading a lonely life. All he does is work for an old man in a hardware store. But all that changes, when he meets the girl of his dreams... and her family.

Director

Martín Fierro

Martín Fierro · 1968

MovieWesternDrama

The story of rebel gaucho Martin Fierro, his people, and their life in the Argentine Pampas. Based on José Hernández's epic poem.

Martín Fierro's first son

The Hand in the Trap

The Hand in the Trap · 1961

The Hand in the Trap

A woman uncovers the secret of her aunt's withdrawal from the world and arranges a confrontation with the man who jilted her.

Miguel

Perón, Symphony of Feeling

Perón, Symphony of Feeling · 2000

Perón, Symphony of Feeling

MovieDocumentary

The documentary deals on the life and achievements of Juan Domingo Perón and his governments, the key political facts and figures and also about Argentine History in the 20th century.

Director

The Romance of Aniceto and Francisca

The Romance of Aniceto and Francisca · 1967

The Romance of Aniceto and Francisca

MovieRomanceDrama

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

Director

Historias Breves II: Vete de mí

Historias Breves II: Vete de mí · 1996

Historias Breves II: Vete de mí

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

Thanks

El ángel de España

El ángel de España · 1957

El ángel de España

MovieComedyMusic

A Spanish immigrant goes from delivery guy to successful singer.

Extra

Todo el año es Navidad

Todo el año es Navidad · 1960

Todo el año es Navidad

MovieComedyFantasy

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

Armando / Roberto

Lovable people

Lovable people · 2010

MovieDocumentaryHistory

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

Director

Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf

Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf · 1975

Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf

MovieDramaFantasy

The Mighty One offers Nazareno Cruz all the wealth in the world if he agrees to abandon his beloved; otherwise, the curse that supposedly weighs on him will be fulfilled.

Director

Gatica, the Monkey

Gatica, the Monkey · 1993

Gatica, the Monkey

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 his ascent, his relation with peronism and their downfall.

Screenplay

El fantástico mundo de la María Montiel

El fantástico mundo de la María Montiel · 1978

El fantástico mundo de la María Montiel

MovieFantasyDrama

A girl and her fantasy universe in the brick ovens.

Screenplay

The Terrace

The Terrace · 1963

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 they threaten to jump down if any adults enter the terrace.

Rodolfo

In Burning Darkness

In Burning Darkness · 1959

In Burning Darkness

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 unable to come to grips with his condition, he stirs a sympathetic chord in another blind inmate. She in turn, slowly enters into a relationship with him that starts to transform the ways he perceives himself and his blindness.

Miguelito

The Friend

The Friend · 1960

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 spend time inside the carnival gate.

Director

Fuiste mía un verano

Fuiste mía un verano · 1969

Fuiste mía un verano

MovieMusicComedy

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

Songs

The Venerable Ones

The Venerable Ones · 1963

The Venerable Ones

Ismael, the weakest and most unstable member of a supposed group of conspirators with power aspirations, constantly suffers ridicule and contempt for his leader, Lucas, and his other companions. Everything changes when a woman with whom Ismael is in love begins to delve into the macabre logic of the group.

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