Valeria Sarmiento Movies

A sincere portrait, and in first person, of the multifaceted Andalusian artist José Pérez Ocaña.

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 country house in the evening. A couple returns home to find a bailiff inside, busy taking inventory.

Adaptation of a choreography by Joêlle Bouvier and Régis Obadia

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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,...

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

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.

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

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

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