Los Cuentos de Borges: El Sur (film)
| El Sur | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Carlos Saura |
| Produced by | Andrés Vicente Gómez |
| Written by | Carlos Saura |
| Starring | Óscar Martínez Nini Gambier Gerardo Romano Arturo Bonin Jorge Marrale |
| Music by |
Ariel Ramírez Hamlet Lima Quintana |
| Cinematography | Jose Luis Alcaine |
| Edited by | Pablo G. del Amo |
| Distributed by | Iberoamericana Films/Quinto Centenario |
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Release date
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1990; November 15, 1992 (London Film Festival) |
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Running time
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55 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
El Sur (English: The South) (1990) is a 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.
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 he fully recovers. 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.
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