Raúl Ruiz Movies

Ruiz, rediscovering the things of his past in Chile ten years after the Coup, regards them now with the eyes of another world. This other world is...

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

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Portrait of "cinéaste" Ruiz, seemingly at his typewriter, in Courant's ongoing "Cinématon" series.

Professor Taranne, a conceited university Professor, is subject to several absurd and disquieting incidents from the world surrounding him. He is...

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

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

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...

Ruiz on the film: "Les Divisions is a documentary about the Château de Chambord and the title comes from the Divisione of Johannes Scotus...