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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.
Top billed cast
Walter Santa AnaJorge Luis Borges
Lorenzo QuinterosBible Seller
Héctor AlterioMan from the Future
Leonardo SbaragliaYoung Borges
Lucas de DiegoYounger Borges- Matías Fernández MadridBorges' Father
Jorge Luis BorgesHimself (archive footage)
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