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
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 22, 1984
Original NameLa Ville des pirates
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
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This Movie Is About.
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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.