| El Sur | |
| Director: | Carlos Saura |
| Producer: | Andrés Vicente Gómez |
| Starring: | Óscar Martínez Nini Gambier Gerardo Romano Arturo Bonin Jorge Marrale |
| Music: | Ariel Ramírez Hamlet Lima Quintana |
| Cinematography: | Jose Luis Alcaine |
| Editing: | Pablo G. del Amo |
| Distributor: | Iberoamericana Films/Quinto Centenario |
| Runtime: | 55 minutes |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Language: | Spanish |
El Sur (English: '''The South''') is a 1990 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]
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.