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The Books and the Night

2000 · 82 min

A dreamlike, literary stroll through a great writer's mind, mixing re-enactment and reflection into a quiet, thoughtful experience.

Directed by
Tristán Bauer
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Walter Santa Ana, Lorenzo Quinteros, Héctor Alterio
Tagline
The memory. That coin which is not never the same.
Overview
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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Directed by
Tristán Bauer
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Walter Santa Ana, Lorenzo Quinteros, Héctor Alterio
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • identity
  • art
  • aging
  • death
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism6
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Tristán Bauer
Written by
Tristán Bauer, Carolina Scaglione
Starring
Walter Santa Ana, Lorenzo Quinteros, Héctor Alterio, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Lucas de Diego, Matías Fernández Madrid, Jorge Luis Borges
Music
Federico Bonasso
Cinematography
Javier Julia, Tomás Vignau
Runtime
82 min
Country
Argentina, Spain
Languages
Spanish

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