
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.
Jorge Luis Borges
Beatriz Viterbo
Carlos Daneri
Erik Lönnrot

Pierre Menard
Leonor, Borges's mother
Boarding house owner
Alejandro Villari
Otto Dietrich
Bartender