The Books and the Night (2000)
• April 27th, 2000 • 1h 22min
Documentary
Overview
A dramatized approach to the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) through the recreation of some of his works and the staging of various aspects of his thought and his life.
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