Fionn Whitehead, Luis Gnecco, Alan Cumming to Star in ‘Borges and Me’ Film Adaptation
Fionn Whitehead, Luis Gnecco, Alan Cumming to Star in ‘Borges and Me’ Film Adaptation
Fionn Whitehead (“Dunkirk”) and Luis Gnecco (“Neruda”) are starring in the adaptation of the memoir “Borges and Me” by New York Times bestselling author Jay Parini (“The Last Station”), which is filming in Scotland. Marc Turtletaub (“Puzzle,” “Jules”) is directing from a screenplay by Oren Moverman (“The Messenger,” “Love & Mercy”).
Rounding out the cast are BAFTA and Emmy winner Alan Cumming (“The Traitors,” “The Good Wife”), BAFTA and Emmy nominee Peter Mullan (“Ozark”) and Emmy nominee Harriet Sansom Harris (“Hacks”).
The film is a co-production between the U.K., Belgium and the Netherlands, financed by Big Beach. Producers include Alex Polunin from Ossian International in the U.K., alongside Michael B. Clark, Turtletaub and Tim Foley of Big Beach. Co-producers include Leontine Petit and Erik Glijnis from Lemming Film and Dries Phlypo from A Private View. Stephen Burt will executive produce.

