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The Wandering Soap Opera

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The Wandering Soap Opera
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
  • August 10, 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 surrealist 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]

Cast

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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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  1. ^ "La telenovela errante". Locarno Festival. Locarno. Retrieved 25 August 2019.[dead link]
  2. ^ "The Wandering Soap Opera (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. ^ "'The Wandering Soap Opera' ('La telenovela errante'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Interview: Valeria Sarmiento". Film Comment. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d Scott, A.O. (15 May 2019). "'The Wandering Soap Opera' Review: An Excursion Into Raúl Ruiz's Fertile Mind". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b Mango, Agustin (15 March 2019). "Cinema Guild Acquires U.S. Rights to Raul Ruiz's 'The Wandering Soap Opera'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021.
  7. ^ a b Marie de la Fuente, Anna (7 March 2019). "Cinema Guild Nabs U.S. Rights for 'The Wandering Soap Opera,' 'I'm Leaving Now' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021.
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