''The Wandering Soap Opera'' () is a 2017 Chilean comedy-drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz and

Valeria Sarmiento Valeria Sarmiento (born 29 October 1948) is a film editor, director and screenwriter best known for her work in France, Portugal and her native Chile. She has worked both in film and television, directing 20 feature films, documentaries and tele ...

. Ruiz directed the film in 1990 and Sarmiento supervised the editing in 2017.

Summary

In seven chapters, Chilean reality is portrayed as a surreal collection of soap operas that overlap with one another.

Cast

Luis Alarcón Luis Alfonso Alarcón Mansilla (23 October 1929 – 4 August 2023), popularly known as Lucho Alarcón, was a Chilean actor, theatre director, and activist with a distinguished film, television, and stage career. In 1957, Alarcón began working ...

Patricia Rivadeneira Patricia Rivadeneira Ruiz-Tagle (Santiago, August 6, 1964) is an actress and a cultural manager from Chile. She was Chilean Cultural Attaché in Italy by the government of Ricardo Lagos Escobar, a job she carried out between 2001 and 2006. Betw ...

* Francisco Reyes * Roberto Poblete *

Liliana García Liliana García Sosa (born 17 October 1957) is an Uruguayan-Spanish actress, solicitor, human rights activist, and theater director with a recognized career in film, theater, and television. In 2008 she was appointed Cultural Attaché ad honor ...

Mauricio Pesutic Mauricio Santiago Pešutić Pérez (born May 3, 1948) is a Chilean actor with a long career on TV soap operas, film and theatre. He studied Drama and Film Direction at the Catholic University of Chile. He also wrote and directed 3 short films i ...

Production

''The Wandering Soap Opera'' was originally filmed by Raúl Ruiz in 1990, but was unfinished. In 2017, Ruiz's widow, Valeria Sarmiento, completed the film. The film was shot in Super 16 mm film.

Release

The film debuted at the

Locarno Festival The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival, held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narr ...

in 2017, and later premiered in the United States at the

Film Society of Lincoln Center Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), previously known as the Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) until 2019,Aridi, Sara (April 28, 2019).. ''The New York Times''. nytimes.com. Retrieved April 29, 2019. is a nonprofit organization based in New York Cit ...

The Cinema Guild The Cinema Guild Inc. is an American film distribution company. It was established by Philip Hobel and Mary-Ann Hobel, producers known for their work in documentaries and features, including the film '' Tender Mercies''. Since 1968, the Cinem ...

distributed the film in North America.

References

External links

* 2010s Chilean films 2010s Spanish-language films 2017 films 2017 comedy-drama films Chilean comedy-drama films Films directed by Raúl Ruiz Films directed by Valeria Sarmiento Films scored by Jorge Arriagada Films shot in 16 mm film {{Chile-film-stub