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Los Cuentos de Borges: El Sur is a espagnol film directed by Carlos Saura
Los Cuentos de Borges: El Sur (1992)
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Add to a movie listEl 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.
^ Saura, Carlos; Linda M. Willem (2003). Linda M. Willem, ed. Carlos Saura: interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-57806-494-6.
^ Elley, Derek. "El Sur", Variety (magazine), New York City, 2 December 1992. Posted on 1992-12-01.
Synopsis
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.Jorge Luis Borges
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