City of Pirates (1984)
February 22, 1984Release Date
City of Pirates (1984)
February 22, 1984Release Date

Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Hugues Quester
Toby

Hugues Quester
Toby

Anne Alvaro
Isidore

Melvil Poupaud
Malo, l'enfant

André Engel
Le pêcheur

João Bénard da Costa
The Father

Clarisse Dole
The mother

André Gomes
The policeman

Raúl Ruiz
Director / Screenplay

Rudolfo Wedeles
Assistant Editor

Valeria Sarmiento
Editor

Isabel Branco
Production Design / Costume Design

Zé Branco
Costume Design / Production Design

Vasco Pimentel
Sound

Joaquim Pinto
Sound

Acácio de Almeida
Director of Photography

Jorge Arriagada
Original Music Composer

Mário Castanheira
Still Photographer

Carmo Canelas
Production Secretary

Jean-Paul Loublier
Sound Mixer

Paula Raimundo
Makeup Artist

Luis Gaspar da Silva
Second Assistant Director

Jorge Caldas
Electrician

Monique Soussan
Assistant Editor
Media.



Details.
Release DateFebruary 22, 1984
Original NameLa Ville des pirates
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
City of Pirates (French: La ville des pirates) is a 1983 French surrealist fantasy film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. Made during Ruiz's most prolific period of filmmaking in exile and shortly after his first return to Chile since the 1973 military coup, the film stars a primarily French cast including Hugues Quester, Anne Alvaro and Melvil Poupaud. It was filmed in Portugal over a period of three weeks.
Ruiz used a process of automatic writing to write his screenplay during the shoot. Academic Michael Goddard notes that "Ruiz would write the script each day immediately after the siesta; hence, in effect, dream the script rather than writing it." As a result, the film is heavily influenced by conceptions of dreams and their relationship to storytelling and the visual. The film is generally considered to be one of Ruiz's best works and exemplifies several recurring themes and motifs of the director's style, including neo-Baroque narrative and cinematography, depth of field, childhood, navigation, dreams, and schizophrenia.
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