Love and Dread
Borges falls in love with Beatriz Viterbo, a high-class young woman, who decides to marry a government official who makes Borges strongly suspect him, speculating that he is a sadist who is slowly poisoning Beatriz. To save Beatriz Borges, he decides to turn to a detective, who becomes the hinge of an unthinkable story.
Top cast
Miguel Ángel Solá
Jorge Luis Borges
Blanca Oteyza
Beatriz Viterbo
Víctor Laplace
Carlos Daneri
Norman Briski
Erik Lönnrot
Roberto Carnaghi
Pierre Menard
Alicia Berdaxagar
Leonor, Borges's mother
Cristina Banegas
Boarding house owner
Roly Serrano
Alejandro Villari
Jean Pierre Reguerraz
Otto Dietrich
Víctor Bruno
Bartender
José María López
Funes
Jorge Ochoa
Librarian
Pablo Brichta
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 17, 2001
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Budget
- $650,000
- Original language
- ES
- Original title
- El amor y el espanto
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