Borges: A Life in Poetry
1998, Italian. Directed by Fernando Arrabal.
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 literary and cinematographic.
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
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Cast & crew
- Fernando ArrabalDirector
- Leonardo Mattia RomeoThe Child
- Alessandro AttiThe Poet Borges
- Roger BenettiThe Executioner
- Lucrezia BompignanoWeeping Woman #1
- Anna Gloria MarianoWeeping Woman #2
- Eva SamboWeeping Woman #3
- Christiane AppreieuxWeeping Woman #4
- Lubov LyssenkoPainter #1
- Valentin TereshenkoPainter #2
- Andrey LyssenkoPainter #3
- Carla VazzolerChair Woman #1
- Anna TurchettoChair Woman #2
Details
- Released
- 1 January 1998
- Original title
- Jorge Luis Borges: una vita di poesia
- Country
- Italy
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Borges: A Life in Poetry is streaming on Midnight Pulp in India. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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If you liked Borges: A Life in Poetry, try They'll Love Me When I'm Dead, Frida, The Eyes of Orson Welles.
Who directed Borges: A Life in Poetry?
Borges: A Life in Poetry (1998) was directed by Fernando Arrabal and stars Leonardo Mattia Romeo, Alessandro Atti, Roger Benetti.