Joaquín Armenta Vengoechea
Gabo’s childhood friend from Aracataca. Now lives in Bogota and Barranquilla. He has wonderful stories from their shared memories.
Jaime García Márquez
Gabo’s youngest brother, who lives in Cartagena de Indias. He loves to tell anecdotes about his brother.
Margarita García Márquez †
Gabo’s oldest sister. The one with whom Gabo spent the memorable years in their grandparents’ home in Aracataca.
Rodrigo „Roy” Rodriguez
Vallenato composer, singer, professor, accordeon player. A great
musician whose composition becomes central in The Great Parranda.
Aida Rosa García Márquez
Gabo’s sister
Ligia Ester García Márquez †
Gabo’s sister
Jaime Abello Banfi
Director of Fundación Gabo in Cartagena. He was also a good friend of Gabo. He has a big role in the motivation of making this film.
Ramón Molinares Sarmiento
A Barranquilla based writer.
Jorge Leal Molina
A special person from the banana plantations whose life story is moving
in many different ways.
Miguel Torres Badín
Engineer from Cartagena who has been the hosts of famous
parrandas where Gabo was present for two decades.
Gustavo Adolfo Ramirez
A passionate of Gabo’s works, lives in Bogotá and has an incredible
collection of books and objects.
Rafael Dario Jiménez
Curator of the Museo Casa Gabriel García Márquez in Aracataca. A
poet and writer from Santa Marta. A man with a lot of stories about Aracataca.
Heriberto Fiorillo †
Director of La Cueva, a cultural center and restaurant in Barranquilla,
former place of the Barranquilla Group. Also a film director and a TV personality.
Adolfo Pacheco †
Legendary vallenato singer and composer from Barranquilla.
Ariel Castillo Mier
Professor of literature in Barranquilla with a huge knowledge of Gabo, his
works and his connection to the vallenato world.
Leonor Castañeda
A wonderful woman who grew up in the banana plantations in Prado de
Sevilla.
Alfredo Martelo Escobar
A so called “verseador”, an amazing man who improvises at
parrandas.
Maria Magdolna Bolaño †
She took care of Gabo when he was a baby.
Arleth Patricia Hernandey de las Aguas
A singer with an amazing voice. From Cartagena.
Jhonathan Javier Arrieta
Great musician who plays in vallenato groups.
Margarita Munive Roca
Jaime García Márquez’s wife.
Jorge F. Hernandez
Famous Mexican journalist.