Movie: The Books and the Night

Top 7 Billed 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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    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.

  • Release Date

    2000-04-27

  • Average

    5.5

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
  • Tagline

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

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    Español
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