El TANGO DEL VIUDO Y SU ESPEJO DEFORMANTE

THE TANGO OF THE WIDOWER And Its Distorting Mirror

Raúl Ruiz

Valeria Sarmiento

Chile

1967

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Synopsis

El tango del viudo y su espejo deformante, is one of Ruiz's orphan works. Like what happened a few years ago with La telenovela Errante, some abandoned, unorganized reels turned up, along with some signs, clues and traps that Valeria Sarmiento, Chamila Rodriguez and Galut Alarcón managed to figure out. The film, which was going to be Ruiz's first, was shot in 1967 in the spirit of the theater of the absurd, and since then, the images have survived but the sound has not. Sarmiento, Ruiz's faithful companion, manages to give a voice and poetic ending to this shamanic film inhabited by ghosts, multiple identities, upside-down images and wandering reflections. (CB)

Biografía del director

Raúl Ruiz

Raúl Ruiz is Chile’s most internationally recognized filmmaker, and is considered one of the greatest experimental directors and film theorists of all time. From 1973 on, he lived in France, where he made most of his work with more than 120 films. He was born in 1941 in Puerto Montt, Chile, and died in Paris on August 19th, 2011.

Valeria Sarmiento

Valeria Sarmiento (Valparaíso, 1948) studied at the Film School of the University of Chile, and married Raúl Ruiz in 1969, with him she collaborated artistically until his death in 2011, editing many of his lms. As a director, she has made more than 20 films, including documentaries and features. Many have received important international accolades,
among them Nôtre Mariage (Best First Film, San Sebastián, 1984) and Linhas de Wellington (chosen to represent Portugal at the 2013 Academy Awards).

Credits

Language

Spanish

Director

Raúl Ruiz, Valeria Sarmiento

Screenplay

Raúl Ruiz, Valeria Sarmiento, Omar Saavedra Santis

Cinematography

Diego Bonacina

Editing

Galut Alarcón

Sound

Galut Alarcón

Production

Chamila Rodríguez, Galut Alarcón

Music

Jorge Arriagada

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