El amor y el espanto (Love and Dread) is a 2001 Argentine drama film directed by Juan Carlos Desanzo and written by José Pablo Feinmann. It stars Miguel Ángel Solá, Blanca Oteyza and Victor Laplace.
Cast
Miguel Ángel Solá as Jorge Luis Borges
Blanca Oteyza as Beatriz Viterbo
Víctor Laplace as Carlos Daneri
Norman Briski as Erik Lönnrot
Roberto Carnaghi as Pierre Menard
Alicia Berdaxágar as Borges' Mother
Cristina Banegas as Owner of the boarding house
Roly Serrano as Alejandro Villari
Jean Pierre Reguerraz as Otto Dietrich
Víctor Bruno as Bartender
José María López as Funes
Jorge Ochoa as Librarian
Production and release
The film premiered in Argentina on 17 May 2001. It was produced with an estimated budget of $650,000.