Los Cuentos de Borges: El Sur

El Sur
Directed byCarlos Saura
Written byCarlos Saura
Produced byAndrés Vicente Gómez
StarringÓscar Martínez
Nini Gambier
Gerardo Romano
Arturo Bonin
Jorge Marrale
CinematographyJose Luis Alcaine
Edited byPablo G. del Amo
Music byAriel Ramírez
Hamlet Lima Quintana
Distributed byIberoamericana Films/Quinto Centenario
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

El Sur (English: The South) is a 1990 TV movie written and directed by Carlos Saura and is a chapter in the Spanish TV series Los Cuentos de Borges (English: The Borges Tales). Saura's 55-minute film is based on the short story El Sur by Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges.[1][2]

Plot

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A shy Argentine librarian Juan Dahlman (Oscar Martinez) dreams that he is fatally stabbed on his family's ranch, located in southern Argentina. After suffering a head injury he is ordered to rest until full recovery. Dahlman decides to spend his time recovering at his family's ranch, fulfilling his long-held desire to revisiting the ranch. He sets off for the ranch and the destiny that awaits him there.[2]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Saura, Carlos; Linda M. Willem (2003). Linda M. Willem (ed.). Carlos Saura: interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-57806-494-6.
  2. ^ a b Elley, Derek. "El Sur", Variety (magazine), New York City, 2 December 1992. Posted on 1992-12-01.
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