The Books and the Night

1h 22m
Documentary
5.5

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
Lucas de Diego
Younger Borges
Matías Fernández Madrid
Borges' Father
Jorge Luis Borges
Himself (archive footage)

Crew

Tristán Bauer
Director, Writer
Carolina Scaglione
Writer
Alejandro Brodersohn
Editor
Javier Julia
Director of Photography
Tomás Vignau
Director of Photography
Belén Giménez
Producer
Diego Dubcovsky
Producer
Martín Grignaschi
Sound
Federico Bonasso
Original Music Composer
Abel Facello
Art Direction

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