Movies: Jorge Luis Borges

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,...

The life and work of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, a long interview, fragments of some of his most significant verses and dramatizations of some of his stories. Borges for everyone....

The parallel lives of two brothers of the "Pampas" of the Brazilian area, which much share everything they have. A woman, "the intruder", will change everything....

Jorge Luis Borges and William F. Buckley interview...

Baltasar Espinosa, a medical student, accepts an invitation from his cousin to spend the summer at his estate. However, a torrential downpour floods the fields, leaving him stranded with the Gutre family, a group of laborers. During their isolation, ...

The script is based on Borges's story "The Gospel according to St. Mark"....

Benjamin Ortalora is a young man who leaves Buenos Aires after murdering a rival. He goes to Montevideo where his cool boldness draws the attention of gang leader Azevedo Bandeira. When the old bandit becomes ill, Ortalora makes a determined play to ...

This documentary examines Borges' extraordinary life and work, using dramatizations of his most memorable stories and rare interview footage with the author at his Buenos Aires home....

The Aleph is the point where diachronic and synchronic times meet, and each second represents a moment in life, from birth to death....

A tour for Buenos Aires with Jorge Luis Borges, who reflects on different topics....

Documentary about the life and work of Jorge Luis Borges, from his own memories and reflections....

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A group of young people meet for dinner. After an argument, two of the guests engage in a parody of a knife fight. The end of that fight is the beginning of another tragedy, older and deeper, that is deposited in those knives....

A man wearing a mask of King Kong walks through a maze unrolling a ball of thread. Franco Brocani renewes his interest in the dens of perdition providing a free vision of the classic myth of the Minotaur. Shot in an art gallery in Rome and adapted fr...

Based on “Emma Zunz,” a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, the film moves through the internal voices of Emma’s character, whose evolution between crime, revenge and justice assumes—read from the context of the social struggles of the 60s and 70s—a de...

Loosely based on the tale “La Espera” by Jorge Luis Borges....

Based on the story by Jorge Luis Borges "La casa de Asterión"...