Borges Film – Cuentos: La intrusa
- At September 28, 2018
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La intrusa
The Intruder
1993, Spain, 61 min.
Crew
Directed by Jaime Chávarri.
Produced by Fernando Fernán Gómez.
Cinematography by Carlos Suárez.
Screenplay by Fernando Fernán Gómez and Raúl de la Torre.
Music by Francisco Guerrero.
Cast
Ángel Alcázar – Frasquillo
Rosario Flores – Manuela
Joaquín Hinojosa – Rafael
Amparo Muñoz – Gracia
Synopsis
Films Media Group: This is a story of passion involving two brothers, inseparable in work and play, and a woman who comes between them. Soon all three are trapped in their own hell of jealousy and death.
Comments
In 1993, Televisión Española (RTVE) aired a limited series called Los cuentos de Borges, or “Borges Tales.” Consisting of six hour-long episodes, each was an adaptation of a Borges story helmed by a different director. La intrusa is a loose adaptation of the Borges story “The Intruder,” collected in Doctor Brodie’s Report. The film relocates the setting from Argentina to the Spanish town of Carmona at the turn of the century.
Additional Information
La intrusa
You can watch the entire film on YouTube.
Los cuentos de Borges [DVD]
Copies of the Cuentos DVD box set are available from Amazon.com. They are coded for regions 1–6, and do not include English subtitles.
Films for Humanities: La intrusa
The Films for the Humanities page on la intrusa features a preview and “chapter-based” synopsis.
IMDB Page
The Internet Movie Database maintains a small page on La intrusa.
Los cuentos de Borges: Episodes
Los cuentos de Borges
Back to the main page for Los cuentos de Borges.
El sur
Directed by Carlos Saura, this is a loose adaptation of Borges’ autobiographical story “The South.”
La otra historia de Rosendo Juárez
Directed by Gerardo Vera and starring Antonio Banderas, this is an alternate version of Borges’ story, “Rosendo’s Tale.”
Emma Zunz
Directed by Benoît Jacquot, Emma Zunz is a joint production with France’s Cinétévé.
El evangelio según Marcos
Directed by Héctor Olivera, this is an adaptation of “The Gospel According to Mark.”
La muerte y la brújula
Directed by Alex Cox with the BBC, Death and the Compass was later expanded into a feature-length film.
Author: Allen B. Ruch
Last Modified: 27 August 2024
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