Raúl Ruiz

"A sailor spins fantastical yarns of far-off brothels, opium dens and more in far-off locales for a young boy who has just committed murder."--IMDb.

Raul Ruiz's, Mysteries of Lisbon, masterful adaptation of the eponymous nineteenth-century Portuguese novel (by Camilo Castelo Branco) evokes the complex intertwined narratives of Victor Hugo and Charles Dickens. The core story centers on Joao, the bastard child of an ill-fated romance between two members of the aristocracy who are forbidden to marry, and his quest to discover the truth of his parentage. But this is just the start of an engrossing...

A masterful adaptation of the eponymous 19th century Portuguese novel evokes the complex narratives of Victor Hugo and Charles Dickens. The story centers on Joao, the bastard child of an ill-fated romance between 2 members of the aristocracy who are forbidden to marry, and his quest to discover the truth of his parentage. An engrossing tale that follows a multitude of characters whose fates conjoin, separate and then rejoin again over 3 decades in...

On the verge of a forced retirement, Don Celso, an elderly office worker begins to relive both real and imagined memories from his life. Stories hide within stories and the thin line between imagination and reality steadily erodes, opening up a marvelous new world of personal remembrance and fantastic melodrama. Nominated for the C.I.C.A.E. Award at the **Cannes Film Festival.** Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*Elegiac,...

Raúl Ruiz’s most ambitious literary adaptation and considered his greatest cinematic achievement, TIME REGAINED distills all of Marcel Proust’s iconic "In Search of Lost Time" into a single epic feature. The film opens in 1922, as Proust is on his deathbed pouring through old photographs that summon the events of his life. Gradually, we watch as his own experiences merge with his own literary creations. In Ruiz’s deft cinematic hands the film...