Raúl Ruiz Movies

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

Set in 1973 during the coup d'etat in Chile, Max recalls his encounters in London during World War II with French aviator Antoine, a childhood hero...

Adaptation of a choreography by Joêlle Bouvier and Régis Obadia

A parody of anthropology, linguistics, and cultural imperialism. The film follows an unlikely team of linguists into the wilds of an ersatz Patagonia...

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

A surreal odyssey in which a melancholic maidservant crosses paths with a homicidal little boy, travels to a tiny island of pirates and encounters a...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A young working class girl falls in love with an upper class boy who is part of the plot to assassinate General Schneider, head of the Chilean Army.

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...

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

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

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

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