Raúl Ruiz Movies

The house of the director has a door out to the sidewalk. This gate separates the inside from the outside. The interior contains the filmmaker's...

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

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.

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

Chile is seen through the eyes of a Chinese painter - a traditional painter who uses the concepts of XVIII century Shih-T'ao.

Richard of Gloucester uses murder and manipulation to claim England's throne.

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 sickly young girl is given away by her father to a childless couple. Twenty years later, she marries her adopted father.

Filmed during the exhibition of the painter Dali at Beaubourg.

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

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

Reflections on television debate and rhetoric through impromptu discussions.

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

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

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...

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

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.

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