City of Pirates (1984)
February 22, 1984Release Date
City of Pirates (1984)
February 22, 1984Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently City of Pirates is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Universcine
Streaming in:🇫🇷 France
Cast & Crew.
Hugues Quester
Toby
Hugues Quester
Toby
Anne Alvaro
Isidore
Melvil Poupaud
Malo, the boy
André Engel
Fisherman
João Bénard da Costa
'Father'
Clarisse Dole
'Mother'
André Gomes
Police lieutenant
Paulo Branco
Executive Producer
Luis Gaspar da Silva
Police corporal
Vasco Pimentel
Prison guard
Raúl Ruiz
Director
Maria José Branco
ProductionDesigner
Jorge Arriagada
Composer
Massoud Hattou
Second Assistant Director
Joaquim Pinto
Sound
Acácio de Almeida
Cinematographer
Paula Raimundo
Makeup Artist
Valeria Sarmiento
Editor
Isabel Branco
ProductionDesigner
Zé Branco
ProductionDesigner
Rudolfo Wedeles
Assistant Editor
Mário Castanheira
Still Photographer
Claudio Martinez
Assistant Editor
Jean-Paul Loublier
Sound Mixer
José Maria Vaz da Silva
First Assistant Director
Jorge Caldas
Electrician
Paulo Soares
Electrician
Carmo Canelas
Production Secretary
Monique Soussan
Assistant Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 22, 1984
Original NameLa Ville des pirates
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Genres
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.