Franck Oger
2021
Three Crowns of the Sailor
Raúl Ruiz
Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche
Shortly after murdering his professor, a young man encounters a sailor who offers him a position on his ship in exchange for 3 Danish crowns and his attention as he recalls his life story.
Three Crowns of the Sailor
L'Éveillé du pont de l'Alma
Raúl Ruiz
Michael Lonsdale, Olimpia Carlisi
This quickly-filmed avant-garde farce by prolific director Raul Ruiz features an insomniac (Michel Lonsdale) whose main preoccupation is surreptitiously watching private matters -- he is a voyeur. He and an equally disreputable acquaintance rape a woman alongside the Seine, a crime made all the worse because she is pregnant. The rest of this slow-paced film deals with the consequences of that action.
The Insomniac on the Bridge
Le Soulier de Satin
Manoel de Oliveira
Luís Miguel Cintra, Patricia Barzyk
During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and go to America. Meanwhile Prouhèze is sent to Africa to rule the city of Mogador. Ten years later Rodrigo leaves America and travels to Africa in search of Prouhèze to find out that she died and eventually meeting her daughter.
The Satin Slipper
Voyage d'une main
Raúl Ruiz
Franck Oger, Nadège Clair
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 decide that what we receive was a story full of intentions; or we might decide that it was a spineless joke empty of sense or direction. In any case, it will be difficult to deny the acid sense of humor that animates the film.
Voyage of a Hand
Bérénice
Raúl Ruiz
Anne Alvaro, Jean Badin
Now Titus' father has died, the new emperor will be free to marry his beloved Bérénice. Also In love with Bérénice, Titus' friend Antiochus plans to flee Rome rather than face the marriage. However, public opinion about the pairing causes Titus to choose his duty to Rome over his love for Bérénice, and he sends his love rival to tell Bérénice the news...
Bérénice
