291775
291775

The Solitudes

1992-10-01
5.5
en 20m
"At that time (late 1992), I made a film for British television, Channel 4, called Las Soledades, the name of a long poem by Góngora. It was made in Chile, using many poetic elements of the country. Chile is seen through the eyes of a Chinese painter—a painter who uses the traditional 18th-century concepts of Shih-Tao. Once again, I am doing something that, apparently, is not meant to go hand in hand. The landscape of my country, southern Chile, where I was born, initially provokes in me a feeling of fear. The landscape is madness. In these crazy landscapes, you can find very reasonable people, which makes the landscape seem even crazier."

Director of Photography

Ramón F. Suárez

Director

Raúl Ruiz

Music

Jorge Arriagada

Editor

Valeria Sarmiento

Sound Recordist

Ernesto Trujillo

melancholy chile essay film

Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • Channel 4 Television