Borges: A Life in Poetry

Original title: Jorge Luis Borges: una vita di poesia

Duration: 66 min

Release date: 1998-01-01

IMDB

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.

Documentary

Jorge Luis Borges: una vita di poesia

Watch Providers

Cineverse

Midnight Pulp

Casting arrow_drop_down

Leonardo Mattia Romeo

Leonardo Mattia Romeo

Alessandro Atti

Alessandro Atti

as The Poet Borges

as The Executioner

Lucrezia Bompignano

Lucrezia Bompignano

as Weeping Woman #1

Anna Gloria Mariano

Anna Gloria Mariano

as Weeping Woman #2

as Weeping Woman #3

Christiane Appreieux

Christiane Appreieux

as Weeping Woman #4

Valentin Tereshenko

Valentin Tereshenko

Andrey Lyssenko

Andrey Lyssenko

as Chair Woman #1

as Chair Woman #2

Barbara Seghezzi

Barbara Seghezzi

as Dove Girl #1

Gabriella Napolitano

Gabriella Napolitano

as Dove Girl #2

Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

arrow_drop_down

Crew arrow_drop_down

Fernando Arrabal

Fernando Arrabal

Production Director

Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Alberto Bianchi

Alberto Bianchi

Barbara Seghezzi

Barbara Seghezzi

Assistant Director

Assistant Camera

Assistant Camera

Production Design

Miranda Fertilio

Miranda Fertilio

Costume Designer

Gianna D'Alfonso

Gianna D'Alfonso

Laura del Ponte

Laura del Ponte

Archival Footage Research

Gabriella Napolitano

Gabriella Napolitano

Still Photographer

Claudio Domenicali

Claudio Domenicali

Alessandro Atti

Alessandro Atti

Anna Gloria Mariano

Anna Gloria Mariano

Production Secretary

Annamaria Vivari

Annamaria Vivari

Technical Advisor

arrow_drop_down

Similar Films

NextFilm 2025