Eliseo Subiela

There are very few icons in Argentine culture capable of appealing to both popular and elitist tastes. Leonardo Favio was undoubtedly one of them. An unseasonable Peronist attached to the liturgy of his land, the director, born in the province of Mendoza, was and artist at every craft. a Renassaince man, but above all, a filmmaker. This is how "Favio: Chronicle of a Director" recaptures him, as a man of film who fed from radio, acting, music and painting in order to build up the handful of rhapsodies with which he adorned argentinean cinematography

Eliseo Subiela is one of the most recognized worldwide Latin American filmmakers. His films last through generations who have succumbed to the particular way of seeing the world of the author. This documentary explores how this author sees the world: his account of magic, madness, love, death, music, poetry and religion.