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Borges para millones

1978 · 61 min

A quiet, cerebral portrait that drifts between conversation and staged fragments, rewarding patience with the texture of a literary mind.

Directed by
Ricardo Wullicher
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jorge Luis Borges, Margarita Bali, María Kodama
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Ricardo Wullicher
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jorge Luis Borges, Margarita Bali, María Kodama
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    • identity
    • memory
    • art
    • celebrity
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    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
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    • documentary
    • true story
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    Realism8
    Romance1
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    Complexity6
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Ricardo Wullicher
    Written by
    Vlady Kociancich, Ricardo Monti, Ricardo Wullicher
    Starring
    Jorge Luis Borges, Margarita Bali, María Kodama, Vlady Kociancich, Diana San Martino
    Music
    Luis María Serra
    Cinematography
    Aníbal González Paz
    Runtime
    61 min
    Country
    Argentina
    Languages
    Spanish

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