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The Books and the Night

5.5 82 mins Documentary   2000
Canal+ España   INCAA   Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)  
Director(s): Tristán Bauer

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.

Casts of The Books and the Night

Walter Santa Ana

as Jorge Luis Borges

Lorenzo Quinteros

as Bible Seller

Héctor Alterio

as Man from the Future

Leonardo Sbaraglia

as Young Borges

Lucas de Diego

as Younger Borges

Matías Fernández Madrid

as Borges' Father

Jorge Luis Borges

as Himself (archive footage)

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