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The Books and the Night

(2000)

April 27, 2000• 1h 22m
64%
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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.

Tristán Bauer

Director

Top Billed Cast

WSA

Walter Santa Ana

Jorge Luis Borges

LQ

Lorenzo Quinteros

Bible Seller

HA

HĂ©ctor Alterio

Man from the Future

LS

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Young Borges

LdD

Lucas de Diego

Younger Borges

MFM

Matías Fernández Madrid

Borges' Father

JLB

Jorge Luis Borges

Himself (archive footage)

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