Los Cuentos de Borges: El Sur
El Sur is a 1990 TV movie written and directed by Carlos Saura and is a chapter in the Spanish TV series Los Cuentos de Borges. Saura's 55-minute film is based on the short story El Sur by Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges.
Plot
A shy Argentine librarian Juan Dahlman 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 full recovery. 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.Cast
- Óscar Martínez as Juan Dahlmann
- Nini Gambier as Doña Rosario
- Alexandra Davel as Sara Dahlmann
- Gerardo Romano as Carlos Manchon
- Juan Leyrado as Sergio
- Arturo Bonin as Casiano
- Villanueva Cosse as Don Alejandro
- Jorge Marrale as Pastor Guillermo Brige