Borges falls in love with Beatriz Viterbo, a high-class young woman, who decides to marry a government official who makes Borges strongly suspect him, speculating that he is a sadist who is slowly poisoning Beatriz. To save Beatriz Borges, he decides to turn to a detective, who becomes the hinge of an unthinkable story.
as Jorge Luis Borges
as Beatriz Viterbo
as Carlos Daneri
as Erik Lönnrot
as Pierre Menard
as Leonor, Borges's mother
as Boarding house owner
as Alejandro Villari
as Otto Dietrich
as Bartender
as Funes
as Librarian