The Books and the Night (2000)

6.4/10 82 min Documentary

Overview

A dramatized approach to the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) through the recreation of some of his works and the staging of various aspects of his thought and his life.

Cast

Walter Santa Ana

Jorge Luis Borges

Lorenzo Quinteros

Bible Seller

Héctor Alterio

Man from the Future

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Young Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

Himself (archive footage)

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