Man on Pink Corner () is a 1962 Argentine film directed by René Múgica, based on the story by Jorge Luis Borges.Plazaola, Luis Trelles (1989) South American Cinema, University of Puerto Rico Press, , p. 143 It was shown at the Cannes and San Sebastián film festivals.
Borges viewed the film favourably, commenting "he did a good job with the possibilities provided by the plot".Burgin, Richard (1998) Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations, University Press of Mississippi, , p. 64
In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 17th position. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 48th position.
Cast Francisco Petrone - Francisco Real, "El Corralero" Walter Vidarte - El Oriental Susana Campos - La Lujanera Jacinto Herrera - Rosendo Juárez, "El Pegador" Berta Ortegosa - Julia Jorge de la Riestra - Eleodoro, "El Turco" María Esther Podestá - Casera de la pensión María Esther Buschiazzo - Madre de Nicolás Fuentes Mario Savino - Cosme Juan Carlos Galván - Juan Ricardo Argemí - Don Carmelo Alberto Barcel - Comisario Isidro Fernán Valdez - Tío de Nicolás Fuentes Adolfo Linvel - Nicanor Tino Pascali - Intendente Andrés Rivero - Padre de Nicolás Fuentes Claudio Lucero - Agente Medina Manuel Rosón - Ramón Santoro Susana Brunetti - Mujer en pulpería Zulma Grey - Prostituta Aída Villadeamigo - Florista Mercedes Escribano - Vieja Rafael Chumbita Délfor Medina - Comisario 2 Rafael Diserio - Carrero Ovidio Fuentes - Puestero Héctor Fuentes - Muchacho en pulpería Reina del Carmen Mariel Comber - Mujer en pulpería
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Hombre de la esquina rosada on "The Garden of Forking Paths" Borges site.