The Wandering Soap Opera

Name: The Wandering Soap Opera
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
Released: May 17, 2019
Duration: 80 min
Cast: Consuelo Castillo, Fernando Bordeu, Francisco Reyes, Leticia Garrido, Liliana Garc

2019

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Cinema Guild | Release Date: May 17, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Consuelo Castillo, Fernando Bordeu, Francisco Reyes, Leticia Garrido, Liliana Garc, Luis Alarcón, Marcial Edwards, Mauricio Pesutic, Patricia Rivadeneira, Roberto Poblete

Summary: 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 15Filmed 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. [Cinema Guild]… Expand

Director: Raoul Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 80 min

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RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

May 17, 2019

The Wandering Soap Opera also sometimes feels like it was made by a filmmaker who doesn't understand where he is anymore. That mixture of excitement, confusion, and terror defines all six of the movie's vignettes. Read full review

A.O. Scott

May 15, 2019

It was clearly made with slender financial means and abundant enthusiasm, and it functions simultaneously as a critique of the self-serious idiocy of authority and a celebration of the anarchic power of imagination. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jun 6, 2019

Deadpan and over-the-top, these scenes make for a view of turbulent reality that is episodic and nonsensical — and wholly Ruizian. Read full review

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