The Wandering Soap Opera

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The Wandering Soap Opera
File:The Wandering Soap Opera poster.jpg
SpanishLa telenovela errante
Directed by
Written by
  • Raúl Ruiz
  • Pía Rey
Produced by
  • Raúl Ruiz
  • Chamila Rodríguez
  • Leo Kocking
  • Andrés Racz
  • Enrique León
Starring
Cinematography
  • Leo Kocking
  • Héctor Ríos
  • Rodrigo Avilés
Edited byGalut Alarcón
Music byJorge Arriagada
Production
company
Poetastros
Distributed byPoetastros
Release date
  • 10 August 2017 (2017-08-10) (Locarno)
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Running time
80 minutes
CountryChile
LanguageSpanish
Box office$3,624[2]

The Wandering Soap Opera (Spanish: La telenovela errante) is a 2017 Chilean comedy-drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento.[3] Ruiz directed the film in 1990 and Sarmiento supervised the editing in 2017.[4]

Summary

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In seven chapters, Chilean reality is portrayed as a surreal collection of soap operas that overlap with one another.[5]

Production

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The Wandering Soap Opera was originally filmed by Raúl Ruiz in 1990, but was unfinished.[5] In 2017, Ruiz's widow, Valeria Sarmiento, completed the film.[5] The film was shot in Super 16 mm film.[5][6]

Release

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The film debuted at the Locarno Festival in 2017, and later premiered in the United States at the Film Society of Lincoln Center.[7] The Cinema Guild distributed the film in North America.[7][6]

References

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