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"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"
1988
Directed by Fernando Birri

Magical realism and comic confusion blend in a startling film about visions and expectations. Amid the debris of a Columbian cyclone lands an old man with enormous wings, whose seemingly miraculous anatomy attracts the curious and devout from around the world. Silent and disheveled, this fantastical "creature" is housed in a chicken coop as his hosts and the onlookers wait for his heavenly message--which turns out to be a very mixed blessing. Original story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who also co-wrote the screenplay. Spanish with English subtitles.