Los Cuentos de Borges: El Sur
El Sur | |
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Directed by | Carlos Saura |
Written by | Carlos Saura |
Produced by | Andrés Vicente Gómez |
Starring | Óscar Martínez Gerardo Romano Jorge Marrale |
Cinematography | Jose Luis Alcaine |
Edited by | Pablo G. del Amo |
Music by | Ariel Ramírez Hamlet Lima Quintana |
Distributed by | Iberoamericana Films/Quinto Centenario |
Release date | 1990; November 15, 1992 (London Film Festival) |
Running time | 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.[1][2]
Plot[]
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.[2]
Cast[]
- Óscar Martínez as Juan Dahlmann
- as Doña Rosario
- Alexandra Davel as Sara Dahlmann
- Gerardo Romano as Carlos Manchon
- Juan Leyrado as Sergio
- as Casiano
- Villanueva Cosse as Don Alejandro
- Jorge Marrale as Pastor Guillermo Brige
References[]
- ^ Saura, Carlos; Linda M. Willem (2003). Linda M. Willem (ed.). Carlos Saura: interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-57806-494-6.
- ^ a b Elley, Derek. "El Sur", Variety (magazine), New York City, 2 December 1992. Posted on 1992-12-01.
External links[]
Categories:
- Spanish-language films
- 1992 films
- Spanish films
- Films directed by Carlos Saura
- Argentine films
- 1992 drama films
- Films based on short fiction
- 1990s Spanish film stubs
- 1990s Argentine film stubs