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Los Cuentos de Borges: El Sur

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Language
  
Spanish

Director
  
Carlos Saura

Country
  
Argentina

Release date
  
1990; November 15, 1992 (London Film Festival)

Writer
  
Jorge Luis Borges, Carlos Saura

El Sur (English: The South) (1990) is a TV movie written and directed by Carlos Saura and is a chapter in the Spanish TV series Los Cuentos de Borges (English: The Borges Tales). Saura's 55-minute film is based on the short story El Sur by Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges.

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Plot

A shy Argentine librarian Juan Dahlman (Oscar Martinez) dreams that he is fatally stabbed on his family's ranch, located in southern Argentina. After suffering a head injury he is ordered to rest until he fully recovers. Dahlman decides to spend his time recovering at his family's ranch, fulfilling his long-held desire to revisiting the ranch. He sets off for the ranch and the destiny that awaits him there.

Cast

  • Óscar Martínez as Juan Dahlmann
  • Nini Gambier as Doña Rosario
  • Alexandra Davel as Sara Dahlmann
  • Gerardo Romano as Carlos Manchon
  • Juan Leyrado as Sergio
  • Arturo Bonin as Casiano
  • Villanueva Cosse as Don Alejandro
  • Jorge Marrale as Pastor Guillermo Brige

    • References

    Los Cuentos de Borges: El Sur Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Los Cuentos de Borges: El Sur IMDb


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