La chouette aveugle

Oct 5 2012 N/A 1h 37m
Drama, Fantasy

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...

Plot

A surrealistic and fantastic view of the world through the eyes of a film projectionist and a movie he projects which takes him to mysterious and dreamy places and situations while the audience to whom the film is destined doesn't seem to care with what goes on the screen. A tale about the human degradation.

Written by

Sadegh Hedayat, Benoît Peeters, Raúl Ruiz

Directed by

Raúl Ruiz

Cast

Jean-François Lapalus, Jessica Forde, Jean-Bernard Guillard

Crew

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Production Countries

Switzerland, France

Production Companies

TSR, La Sept Cinéma, Light Night, Maison de la Culture du Havre

Languages

Español, Français

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
162
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA