Movies: Raúl Ruiz

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Ruiz on the film: "Les Divisions is a documentary about the Château de Chambord and the title comes from the Divisione of Johannes Scotus (Erigena), the ninth century Irish philosopher (who was a 'realist', although the film is more 'nominalist' in c...

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

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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 relation of the city to the sea, the traces that bear witness to its foundation, the remains of Carthag...

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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 Swedish esoteric theologian from the 18th Century who started seeing ghosts, angels and demons around him...

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

With his body now devoid of substance and able to fly, N. wanders looking for a way to return to life and reintegrate into the world....

The story of a neurotic bachelor who, after marrying a beautiful woman, submits her to increasingly deranged accusations of infidelity and pleas for forgiveness....

It explores the problem of the shortage caused in Chile during the Unidad Popular. It shows the actions of a minister, a bourgeois housewife and a grassroots group of the JAP (Juntas de Abastecimiento y Precios) promoted by the government to alleviat...

Adaptation of a choreography by Joêlle Bouvier and Régis Obadia...

In the early 2000s filmmaker Raul Ruiz followed painter Jean Miotte to different locations (New York, France, Germany)....

A surreal travel drama, shot on Sicility with Italian actors. IlViaggio Clandestino is a film about saints and sinners. Whether you areblessed or doomed is often dependent on someone's soul that on whether theypray or suffer. The kindred spirit of Sa...

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

Chile is seen through the eyes of a Chinese painter - a traditional painter who uses the concepts of XVIII century Shih-T'ao....

Reflections on television debate and rhetoric through impromptu discussions....

Filmed during the exhibition of the painter Dali at Beaubourg....

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....

Short documentary film on the construction of the new town, Marne-la-Vallée....