Harto the Borges

Sep 14, 2000

1h 21m

★ 5.5

Overview

A fragmented biography, inconclusive, partial, of the brilliant Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, based on different testimonies: his links with Leonor de Acedevo —his mother— and María Kodama —his second wife—; his vast culture and devout dedication to literature, his and that of others; his country: the politicians and the disloyal military. Borges gradually builds his own impersonation of Borges.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Contrakultura Films

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Cast

Self

Alejandro Horowicz

Self

Ariel Dorfman

Self

Christian Ferrer

Self

Franco Lucentini

Self

Horacio González

Self

Luis Sepúlveda

Self

Martín Caparrós

Self

Mempo Giardinelli

Self

Osvaldo Bayer

Self

Paolo Collo

Self (archive footage)

Juan Domingo Perón

Self (archive footage)

Jorge Luis Borges

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