Documentary · Italy · 1998 · 1h 6m

Borges: A Life in Poetry

Jorge Luis Borges: una vita di poesia

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Director
Fernando Arrabal
Cast
Leonardo Mattia Romeo as The Child Alessandro Atti as The Poet Borges Roger Benetti as The Executioner Lucrezia Bompignano as Weeping Woman #1 Anna Gloria Mariano as Weeping Woman #2 Eva Sambo as Weeping Woman #3
Crew
Paolo Bellan — Director of Photography Claudio Domenicali — Editor Carlos Trueba — Production Design
Synopsis

A peculiar portrait of the Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) drawn by the extravagant and original look of the Spanish writer Fernando Arrabal, who establishes a bold parallelism between Borges' work and opinions and his own creations, both literary and cinematographic.

Mood & Themes
poetryliteraturedocudramaessay filmportrait of an artistlatin american literature
Key Collaborators
Fernando Arrabal Director Paolo Bellan Director of Photography Claudio Domenicali Editor Carlos Trueba Production Design
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