The Books and the Night
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The Books and the Night

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

★ 6.4/10 TMDB 2000-04-27 82 min

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.

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