"The memory. That coin which is not never the same." 27 April 2000 Factual 82 mins
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.
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Walter Santa Ana as Jorge Luis Borges
Lorenzo Quinteros as Bible Seller
Héctor Alterio as Man from the Future
Leonardo Sbaraglia as Young Borges
Lucas de Diego as Younger Borges
Matías Fernández Madrid as Borges' Father
Jorge Luis Borges as Himself (archive footage)
Tristán Bauer Writer
Tristán Bauer Director
Carolina Scaglione Writer
Javier Julia Director of Photography
Federico Bonasso Original Music Composer
Alejandro Brodersohn Editor
Abel Facello Art Direction
Argentina 09 April 2000
Cuba 01 December 1999
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