简介：LoveofgreatliteratureisoneoftheoutstandingfeaturesofSouthAmericanculture.ThisArgentinedrama,mixesimaginationand"reality"andincludesafilm-within-a-filmstoryaboutmakingafilmaboutKafka.ThewriterFranzKafka(1883-1924)wasborntoaGermanJewishfamilyinCzechoslovakia.InanuncannywaywhichprefiguredtheHolocaust,Kafkawroteaboutabsurd,terrifyingsituationstakingplaceinanihilisticuniverseinwhichalmosteveryonecanbeconsideredavictim.Themovieexploreshisromanticandintellectuallifebeforehediedatage41oftuberculosis.SigmundFreud,whomKafkaneveractuallymet,makesanappearanceinthestory.Thefilm-within-a-filmhasanArgentinemoviedirectortraveltoPraguetotryandproduceafilmthereaboutKafka'sloves,onlytodiscoverthatthestudiothereisbusyfilmingAmadeus.Thoughtheseelementsareconfusingtoreadabout,somereviewersfeltthatthedirectorsomehowmadeacoherentandenjoyablefilmoutofthem.…