Los Cuentos de Borges: El Sur

El Sur
Directed by	Carlos Saura
Written by	Carlos Saura
Produced by	Andrés Vicente Gómez
Starring	Óscar Martínez Nini Gambier Gerardo Romano Arturo Bonin 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]

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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 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.^[2]

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

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.

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Films directed by Carlos Saura

Cuenca (1958)
The Delinquents (1959)
Weeping for a Bandit (1963)
The Hunt (1966)
Peppermint Frappé (1967)
Stress Is Three (1968)
Honeycomb (1969)
The Garden of Delights (1970)
Ana and the Wolves (1972)
Cousin Angelica (1973)
Cría Cuervos (1975)
Elisa, vida mía (1977)
Blindfolded Eyes (1978)
Mama Turns 100 (1979)
Faster, Faster (1980)
Blood Wedding (1981)
Sweet Hours (1981)
Antonieta (1982)
Carmen (1983)
Los Zancos (1984)
El amor brujo (1986)
El Dorado (1988)
The Dark Night (1989)
¡Ay Carmela! (1990)
The South (1990)
Marathon (1992)
Sevillanas (1992)
Outrage (1993)
Flamenco (1995)
Taxi (1996)
Little Bird (1997)
Tango (1998)
Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
Bunuel and King Solomon's Table (2001)
Salomé (2002)
The 7th Day (2004)
Iberia (2005)
Fados (2007)
I, Don Giovanni (2009)
Flamenco, Flamenco (2010)
Zonda, folclore argentino (2015)
J: Beyond Flamenco (2016)
Renzo Piano, an Architect for Santander (2018)
The King of All the World (2021)
Las paredes hablan (2022)

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