Raúl Ruiz Movies

H., 35, an Arabian immigrant, works as projectionist in an old cinema. One day, drawn by the music, he looks through the window of the booth and is...

The film captures the activities of the inhabitants in the countryside, in southern Chile, and the CORA (Corporation for Agrarian Reform). Although...

In Wind Water, Ruiz stages a three-way dialogue between three great cultures: the West, China and Arabia. He imagines what might occur if...

A charming tale of murder, perversity and narrative echoes told through shots of barking dogs and a La jetée-like series of stills.

In the fall of 2010, Bozon and co-conspirator Pascale Bodet commandeered the first floor of Paris’s famed Centre Pompidou for 10 days of...

Four drunken literary bohemians write a short story about a pact with the Devil just as that very story is happening to them.

Ruiz’s short about Pieter Wiersma, a Dutch sculptor who makes intricate sandcastles.

Ruiz on the film: "Les Divisions is a documentary about the Château de Chambord and the title comes from the Divisione of Johannes Scotus...

Third and final part of collaborative project Brise Glace. Directed by Raúl Ruíz.

Racial, social and cultural aspects of La Paz (called Chuquiago by the Aymaras) seen through four stories.

The life of a right-wing housewife in Chile during the prior days to Salvador Allende's military overthrow.

A Ruizian adaptation of Jean-Claude Gallotta's iconic wordless ballet choreography.

Collaborative experimental project on which three director made different films about the Swedish icebreaker "Frej".

An island retreat. A man, his face bandaged, plays cards nonchalantly. His ex-wife arrives. Conversations happen.

The house of the director has a door out to the sidewalk. This gate separates the inside from the outside. The interior contains the filmmaker's...

Short film showing cinematographer Henri Alekan, director Raúl Ruiz and actress Olimpia Carlisi at work creating sublime visual effects of the...

The young Marcela leaves her small Chilean village and travels to Santiago in order to find work as a secretary.

Régime sans pain, influenced by (Ruiz's) friend Jean Baudrillard (and calling) to mind grade-Z SF, grew out of a commission to direct a music...