08 · 18 · 11 FICM mourns death of Raúl Ruiz Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Clara Sánchez/Translated by Cindy Hawes Ruiz went into exile in France in 1973 after the military seized power in Chile. He made 150 films throughout his career. FICM presented a retrospective of his work in 2005 which included Comedy of Innocence (Comédie de l'innocence, 2000); The Last Domain (Le domaine perdu, 2004); Genealogies of a Crime (Généalogies d'un crime, 1997), Time Regained (Le temps retrouvé, 1999) and Three Lives and Only One Death (Trois vies et une seule mort, 1996). Australian film critic Adrian Martin described Ruiz's work in the 3rd FICM catalog in this way: "Likewise, there are many facets to Ruiz’s career. There are the lush films with the big stars like Mastroianni, Deneuve or Malkovich; the tiny films made for small audiences at filmmaking courses or for old-style patterns; there is his television work, the offshoots of his theater work, the strange documentaries or essays, the sketches which prove a theory, and the unusual horror films, children’s fantasies or detective thrillers For a long time, commentators identified a bi-cultural perspective in Ruiz’s career —formed at the intersection and the drift between the European and Latin American traditions." Ruiz won many international awards, including the Silver Shell for Best Director at the 2010 edition of the San Sebastián Film Festival for Misterios de Lisboa, Best Director of the Year at the Paris Festival in 1986 and the Silver Bear "for the contribution he made throughout his life to the art of cinema" at the Berlin International Film Festival, 1976. On Tuesday, August 23, there will be a ceremony in his honor in France. He was working on the edition of The Night in Front (La noche de enfrente), a feature film shot in Chile last April. If you would like more information on Raúl Ruiz, click here:
