The lifetime of the great Argentinian man of letters Jorge Luis Borges through narration and interviews of such key players in his life as Leonor de Acevedo —his mother—, María Kodama —his second wife—, and Adolfo Bioy Casares —his best friend and collaborator for decades.
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María Kodama as Herself
Jorge Luis Borges as Himself (archive footage)
Leonor Acevedo de Borges as Herself (archive footage)
Alain Vierre Director of Photography
Laurent Ferlet Original Music Composer
Philippe Molins Director
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France 23 June 1999
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A film by Philippe Molins. Written by Alberto Manguel. (c) Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
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08 January 1999
Mario and Berto are brothers and they live in Galicia at the “Finis Terrae”. Their father left them when they were children and they grew up with the idea of finding him someday, without knowing that they were the ones separating from each other.
01 January 1999
Jai is a peaceful man and doesn't partake in violence. However, when the drug mafia kills his sister, he is left with no choice but to defend himself and his family.
28 March 1999
In a neighborhood bar, a mysterious man tells a group of friends the story of an aspiring soccer player who, 50 years ago, tried out for an English club but who had the peculiar characteristic that he could only play soccer in flip-flops.
01 April 1999
Maria earns her living fishing in a northern Peruvian village, working alongside her husband. But when her husband is called away to work on larger industrial fishing boat, Maria, who is pregnant, finds ways to act out her anger.
11 April 1999
The Lori Jackson Story - A civil rights campaigner, Lori Jackson, champions the the cause of a black marine convicted of rape, as she thinks he is innocent of the crime.
01 January 1999
A film about fate, co-existence, vanity, justice, karma and forgiveness, ANIMALICOUS comprises six stories of people and the animals that shot them, fell on them, and generally caused mayhem of one sort or another.
12 December 1999
A drifter heads to Baja with his teen daughter for a lucrative construction job. Only problem is that when he gets there, the job doesn't exist.
02 June 1999
Why do women fight? This riveting behind-the-scenes look into the world of the female combatant takes us from manicures to knockouts! It turns our attention to the woman who is widely considered pound for pound the most dangerous fighter of any time, undefeated boxing sensation Lucia Rijker (Rollerball, TV's "Thunderbox").
27 January 1999
When Katja, Henning's girlfriend, is sentenced to prison, he kidnaps the judge to free Katja.
09 July 1999
At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought.
09 May 1999
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