Jorge Luis Borges

The Gospel According to Mark (2023)

Baltasar Espinosa, a medical student, accepts an invitation from his cousin to spend the summer at his estate. However, a torrential downpour floods the fields, leaving him stranded with the Gutre family, a group of laborers. During their isolation, Baltas ...

Asterión (2019)

Based on the story by Jorge Luis Borges "La casa de Asterión" ...

Los Amantes del Tigre (2017)

Kid (2015)

Inspired by Jorge Luis Borges' The Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan, Garoto follows a young couple who find themselves in an enchanted place where they experience an amorous and spiritual adventure. ...

The Book of Sand (2014)

Adaptation of Jorge Luis Borges' The Book of Sand. The film is built from stop motion photographs to create a living stop motion. ...

El Aleph (2005)

The Aleph is the point where diachronic and synchronic times meet, and each second represents a moment in life, from birth to death. ...

Singing Behind Screens (2003)

A young man enters a brothel and sees a staged narration of a Chinese folk tale concerning a female pirate. ...

Death and the Compass (1992)

In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lonnrot, a gifted detective, investigates a series of strange murders and disappearances that seem to implicate a insane crime lord. (Re-released in 1996 as a ...

Warriors and Prisoners (1990)

Patagonia, Argentina, 1880s. During the Conquest of the Desert, Marguerite, the French wife of Colonel Garay, in charge of protecting a new railway, discovers that a French woman is being held captive by the local natives. ...

The Guest (1987)

The script is based on Borges's story "The Gospel according to St. Mark". ...

The Garden (1983)

Soviet film based on Borges' "Garden of Forking Paths." The film tells about the events that occurred on the eve of the British offensive in Saint-Montauban on July 24, 1916. A screen version of the short story of the famous Argentine classic Jorge Luis Bo ...

The Intruder (1980)

The parallel lives of two brothers of the "Pampas" of the Brazilian area, which much share everything they have. A woman, "the intruder", will change everything. ...

Ghazal (1976)

Two brothers Hojjat and Zein-Ala'bedin are the guards of the jungle and live alone by themselves. One day they are notice that some people are cutting the trees illegally. Hojjat chases them but returns home with a girl named Ghazal. ...

Spiderweb (1976)

A rabbi is murdered. Detective Llonrot is called in on the case and looks for a 'rabbinical explanation' for the murder. Other murders are committed and deliberate clues left in chosen locations. Llonrot, convinced he is on the trail of a 'mystical intrigu ...

Los orilleros (1975)

The life, customs and death of an authoritarian man. ...

The Dead Man (1975)

Benjamin Ortalora is a young man who leaves Buenos Aires after murdering a rival. He goes to Montevideo where his cool boldness draws the attention of gang leader Azevedo Bandeira. When the old bandit becomes ill, Ortalora makes a determined play to take h ...

The Others (1975)

Spinoza, attempting to discover why his son committed suicide, meets his girlfriend and his rival for her affections. ...

The Minotaur Mask (1971)

A man wearing a mask of King Kong walks through a maze unrolling a ball of thread. Franco Brocani renewes his interest in the dens of perdition providing a free vision of the classic myth of the Minotaur. Shot in an art gallery in Rome and adapted from a s ...

The Spider's Stratagem (1970)

A young man returns to his countryside hometown to investigate the unclear circumstances behind the death of his father, ostensibly killed by Fascists in 1936, before his birth. As he unravels a web of lies that seems to encompass the whole town, he finds ...

Invasion (1969)

Hearing the summons from an elderly man, a volunteer troop of middle-aged men gather to defend their country from dark foreign invaders. ...

Emma Zunz (1969)

Man on Pink Corner (1962)

During a local festival, a mysterious stranger appears in town, heading towards a violent confrontation. ...

Days of Hate (1954)

Emma Zunz, who is planning a crime, intends to get away with it by presenting an audacious alibi. ...

La Espera (1952)

Loosely based on the tale "La Espera" by Jorge Luis Borges. ...

Memorias de Borges (2015)

Documentary about the life and work of Jorge Luis Borges, from his own memories and reflections. ...

Harto the Borges (2000)

A fragmented biography, inconclusive, partial, of the brilliant Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, based on different testimonies: his links with Leonor de Acedevo —his mother— and María Kodama —his second wife—; his vast culture and devout ded ...

The Books and the Night (2000)

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. ...

Jorge Luis Borges, the Mirror Man (1999)

The lifetime of the great Argentinian man of letters Jorge Luis Borges through narration and interviews of such key players in his life as Leonor de Acevedo —his mother—, María Kodama —his second wife—, and Adolfo Bioy Casares —his best friend a ...

Soriano (1999)

Testimonies about the life and work of writer and journalist Osvaldo Soriano. ...

Borges: A Life in Poetry (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 ...

Profile of a Writer: Borges (1983)

This documentary examines Borges' extraordinary life and work, using dramatizations of his most memorable stories and rare interview footage with the author at his Buenos Aires home. ...

Borges para millones (1978)

The life and work of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, a long interview, fragments of some of his most significant verses and dramatizations of some of his stories. Borges for everyone. ...

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: Borges: South America's Titan (1977)

Jorge Luis Borges and William F. ...

The Others (1975)

Spinoza, attempting to discover why his son committed suicide, meets his girlfriend and his rival for her affections. ...

Borges 75 (1975)

A tour for Buenos Aires with Jorge Luis Borges, who reflects on different topics. ...