Raúl Ruiz Movies

A man comes to visit an acquaintance who is supposed to be sick and talks to his sister while he is waiting.

These six video segments (10 minutes each) were originally developed for broadcast on Channel 4 as the second installment in the larger, never...

The film was made from the show Edipo Iperboreo (1989), directed by Ruiz. The shooting took place in Buti (Villa Medicea, Castello di Buti and the...

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

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

From the construction of a sculpture "life size" in the earth, the director Boris Lehman imagines a story that staged a sculptor (Paulus Brun)...

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

A series of compounding dramatic situations, drawn from Georges Polti's '36 Dramatic Situations' and acted out in shadowplay and voiceover.

Reel 23 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.

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

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

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...

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

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.

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.

Raul Ruiz filmed the gardens of the Château de Versailles. The first one, French, focuses on the King's Square (a space where everything is...

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

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...

A surreal travel drama, shot on Sicility with Italian actors. IlViaggio Clandestino is a film about saints and sinners. Whether you areblessed or...

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