Borges and Me
Jay Parini finds himself stuck in a Morris Minor, chauffeuring the brilliant, blind Jorge Luis Borges through Scotland. Quiet and conservative, 23-year-old student Parini dreams of becoming a writer but is at a loss to make sense of the wild, irrepressible 70-year-old Borges. As the journey takes a surreal turn, their differences magnify until, in the tradition of a classic road trip, the two ultimately find common ground.
- Year: 1970
- Country: Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Big Beach, Lemming Film, A Private View, Ossian International
- Keyword: chauffeur, scotland, based on true story, road trip, writer, based on memoir or autobiography, student mentor relationship, student, based on real person, intergenerational
- Director: Marc Turtletaub
- Cast: Fionn Whitehead, Luis Gnecco, Alan Cumming, Peter Mullan, Harriet Sansom Harris