The Wandering Soap Opera (La telenovela errante)

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In Theaters: May 17, 2019 (limited)

1h 20m | Fantasy, Comedy, Drama


Filmed by Chilean master Raúl Ruiz in 1990 but left unfinished until it was completed by his wife and collaborator Valeria Sarmiento in 2017, The Wandering Soap Opera is a dreamily interconnected series of vignettes that spoof on telenovela conventions while reflecting Ruiz's feelings upon returning to his native Chile after more than 15 years away.

In one episode, a man seduces a woman by showing her his muscles, which are actually slabs of raw meat slapped into her hand. Later, the man has a gun pulled on him when he accuses a poet of plagiarism. Meanwhile, through the television screen, five women have lost their husbands after an earthquake and embrace a better future together.

All along, back and forth across screens, people are watching.

Director: Raoul Ruiz, Valéria Sarmiento
Cast: Francisco Reyes, Luis Alarcón
Writer(s): Pía Rey, Raoul Ruiz
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