Borges: A Life in Poetry
1998A peculiar portrait of the Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) drawn by the extravagant and original look of the Spanish writer Fernando Arrabal, who establishes a bold parallelism between Borges' work and opinions and his own creations, both literary and cinematographic.
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Leonardo Mattia Romeo
as The Child
Alessandro Atti
as The Poet Borges
Roger Benetti
as The Executioner
Lucrezia Bompignano
as Weeping Woman #1
Anna Gloria Mariano
as Weeping Woman #2
Eva Sambo
as Weeping Woman #3
Christiane Appreieux
as Weeping Woman #4
Lubov Lyssenko
as Painter #1
Valentin Tereshenko
as Painter #2
Andrey Lyssenko
as Painter #3
Carla Vazzoler
as Chair Woman #1
Anna Turchetto
as Chair Woman #2
Barbara Seghezzi
as Dove Girl #1
Gabriella Napolitano
as Dove Girl #2
Jorge Luis Borges
as Self - Writer (archive footage)