Borges: A Life in Poetry

Borges: A Life in Poetry

66 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1998

A 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.

Borges: A Life in Poetry

66 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1998

Borges: A Life in Poetry
A 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.
Producers Alphaville Studio, Spirali-Vel
Original title Jorge Luis Borges: una vita di poesia
Directors Barbara Seghezzi, Fernando Arrabal
Writers

Cast

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)