L' Eveillé du pont de l'Alma

This film is hard to watch. Seriously, because courage is required to engage in this work made by Ruiz in rapid production and in his signature surrealist style. Alternating between black and white and color images, we accompany two insomniacs who always meet at the Pont de l'Alma on the Seine, we witness their brutal, practically incidental crimes and their philosophical discussions, as profound as they are bizarre, on sleep and its power. In addition, a doctor, his wife, and his son are involved in this total dissolution of boundaries between reality, dream, and death, which leaves us appropriately confused and unsettled. (Barbara Kronsfoth)

All retrospective films that will be shown at the Filmmuseum after the Viennale - from 1.11. - can of course also be reserved as usual at filmmuseum.at or by calling 01/533 70 54 and purchased at the box office of the Austrian Film Museum. The prices of the Austrian Film Museum apply.

Raúl Ruiz: TRES TRISTES TIGRES (1968), EL REALISMO SOCIALISTA (1973), DIALOGUES OF EXILES (1975), BÉRÉNICE (1983), POINT DE FUITE (1984), MÉMOIRE DES APPARENCES (1986), L’OEIL QUI MENT (1992), FADO MAJEUR ET MINEUR (1994), TROIS VIES ET UNE SEULE MORT (1996), GÉNÉALOGIES D’UN CRIME (1997), COMÉDIE DE L’INNOCENCE (2000), KLIMT (2006), MISTÉRIOS DE LISBOA (2010)