Valeria Sarmiento Movies

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

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

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...

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

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

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 brutal sexual murder of a minor revolts the anger of the town. On the other hand, a psychologist, Sofia Belmar is not only shocked by the event,...

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

A short personal filmed journal about the director's nervousness in presenting a script and awaiting the decision about whether it can be made.

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

A series of philosophical dialogues on friendship, architecture, electricity, cannibalism and human rights.

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...

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

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

Sarmiento made her directorial debut with the documentary with this short about a group of Chilean women dedicated to striptease.

A journey back to the darkest years of the military dictatorship, where Valeria Sarmiento, using for the first time in her career her own voice,...

Documentary about Cuban education. El planeta de los niños is not a documentary and not a feature film. Sarmiento actually filmed a...

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