The Gospel According to Mark

The Gospel According to Mark

1993 · 55 min · Drama

An Argentinian medical student, finding himself drawn to the countryside, houses with a Scottish/Native family where he reads the illiterate family the Gospel of Mark to then be found in a debacle of religious proportions (as he was not a pious man himself, but becomes more of a religious figure in their eyes).

Directed by Héctor Olivera · Written by Jorge Luis Borges

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