Leonardo Favio
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 | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.676 |
| Birthday | 1938-05-28 |
| Place of Birth | Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina |
| Also Known As |
2001
Toby and the Magic Book
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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 realit...
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Toby and the Magic Book
1965
Chronicle of a Boy Alone
6.717/30
The story of a delinquent eleven-year-old orphan in fascist Argentina.
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Chronicle of a Boy Alone
1968
Martín Fierro
5.4/8
The story of rebel gaucho Martin Fierro, his people, and their life in the Argentine Pampas. Based on José Hernández's epic poem.
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Martín Fierro
1963
The Terrace
6.6/10
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 t...
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The Terrace
1958
The Boss
5.8/4
The head of a criminal gang has all the power among his men until one decides to testify against him.
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The Boss
1963
Paula Cautiva
6.2/5
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 tradit...
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Paula Cautiva
1963
Racconto
6/1
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Racconto
1966
The Eavesdropper
5/1
When a young fanatical nationalist suspects that his fellow pensioners - immigrants and zarzuela players - plan an attack on the president, he reports...
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The Eavesdropper
1969
The Dependent
6.8/11
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...
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The Dependent
1962
Dar la cara
6.3/7
Three boys from very different backgrounds who have just finished their military service must face the complex social reality of Argentina.
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Dar la cara
1961
The Hand in the Trap
6.4/7
This haunting drama concerns a young woman on vacation from boarding school who discovers her aunt cloistered in the attic.
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The Hand in the Trap
1959
In Burning Darkness
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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 u...
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In Burning Darkness
1963
The Venerable Ones
5.6/5
Ismael, the weakest and most unstable member of a supposed group of conspirators with power aspirations, constantly suffers ridicule and contempt for...
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The Venerable Ones
1962
El bruto
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A woman realizes her husband's brutality while he's away and other men are after her.
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El bruto
1960
Fin de fiesta
5.3/3
This routine drama set in Argentina during the 1930s draws parallels between a family patriarch and a political despot who stoops to any corrupt means...
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Fin de fiesta
1958
The Kidnapper
5.4/8
A group of poor people living on the bare minimum in a slum, trying to survive in a world that seems to have no place for them. With a tone raw and re...
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The Kidnapper
1964
El octavo infierno, cárcel de mujeres
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El octavo infierno, cárcel de mujeres
1969
Fuiste mía un verano
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The life of a young artist from his childhood to his triumph.
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Fuiste mía un verano
2010
Gente querible
5/1
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Gente querible
1993
Gatica multitudes
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A documentary short about the making of Gatica, el mono by argentine director Leonardo Favio. This film focuses on the particular way of directing tha...
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Gatica multitudes
1960
Todo el año es Navidad
5/2
Film composed of different short stories, in which an envoy of God to the Earth (Raul Rossi) must help solving some small conflicts referring to human...
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Todo el año es Navidad
1971
Simplemente una rosa
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Simplemente una rosa
1957
El ángel de España
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A Spanish immigrant goes from delivery guy to successful singer.
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El ángel de España
2024
Once Upon a Time there was a Wizard
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Leonardo Favio’s final years are captured through the eyes of his daughter in an intimate and revealing journey. As Favio recreates his masterpiece, A...
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