Raúl Ruiz Movies

"At that time (late 1992), I made a film for British television, Channel 4, called Las Soledades, the name of a long poem by Góngora. It was...

A documentary on the exiled Chilean painter Sotelo which focuses on the painter's voice rather than the paintings themselves.

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

Absurdist short about a man with a suitcase and a man inside that suitcase.

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

If any single piece can act as a key to Ruiz, it may be the 1997 short Le Film à Venir (The Film to Come). The titular film is a holy fragment...

A baroque mix of revolutionary politics, pop culture and semiotics loosely based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. A young prince...

In Voyage of a Hand, Ruiz constructs another of his concentric labyrinths that hits us right in the multifaceted center of our confusion. We might...

Richard of Gloucester uses murder and manipulation to claim England's throne.

A chronicle of Raúl Ruiz’s production of Michèle Reverdy’s opera “Médée”.

In 1978, Ruiz was commissioned to make a television documentary about the French elections from the viewpoint of a Chilean exile in Paris’...

A wild short made as part of a filmmaking workshop that Raúl Ruiz ran in Bogotá in October 1993.

Two salesmen in Honduras are looking everywhere for their lost pal.

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

A coin and a cup of coffee on a table top. Raúl Ruiz gets the most from this minimal set-up, both visually and through the laconic soundtrack.

This eccentric short directed by Keith Griffiths, outlines Ruiz’s work, biography and preoccupations and includes a rare interview with the...

All the characters are in hell, but they act as though the are in a sitcom, with canned laughter. It's based on Arcana Celestia by Swedenborg, a...

Eleven-year old Dora (Nathalie Manet) is forced to chase after clues concerning her inventor-father's death while being chased by thugs working for...

Tunisia itself is the subject; we wanted to render the genius of the site. Tunisia is almost the central character of this little film: we see the...