The Blind Owl

7.3 / 10

(7 votes)

H., 35, an Arabian immigrant, works as projectionist in an old cinema. One day, drawn by the music, he looks through the window of the booth and is fascinated: the dancer he sees on the screen seems to be looking straight into his eyes. He falls in love with her, but the vision last only a moment. Shortly afterwards, an elderly man storms into the projection booth and claims he is his uncle.
 H. wants to prepare a meal for him and reaches for the oil bottle: he sees the same dancer on the label…. H begins to find echoes of his own life in the images he projects. Everything changes when fiction and reality merge...

Country:

France,

Switzerland

Genre:

Drama,

Fantasy

Duration:

90 minutes

Year:

1987

Director:

Raúl Ruiz

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Company:

Light Night,

Maison de la Culture du Havre,

TSR,

La Sept Cinéma

Cast:
Jean-François Lapalus

Jean-Bernard Guillard

Kasim

Jessica Forde

Jean-Marie Boëglin

Brigitte Coscas

Crew:
Raúl Ruiz

Director

Raúl Ruiz

Writer

Rudolfo Wedeles

Editor

Sadegh Hedayat

Writer

Patrice Cologne

Cinematography