The Books and the Night
The Books and the Night

The Books and the Night

The memory. That coin which is not never the same.

5.5(4 votes)
2000
1h 22m
Documentary

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.

Production

Canal+ España, INCAA, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)

Cast

Walter Santa Ana

Walter Santa Ana

Jorge Luis Borges

Lorenzo Quinteros

Lorenzo Quinteros

Bible Seller

Héctor Alterio

Héctor Alterio

Man from the Future

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Young Borges

Lucas de Diego

Lucas de Diego

Younger Borges

Matías Fernández Madrid

Matías Fernández Madrid

Borges' Father

Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

Himself (archive footage)

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