Dialogues of Exiles

Dialogues of Exiles
Directed by Raúl Ruiz
Produced by Raúl Ruiz
Percy Matas
Written by Raúl Ruiz
Starring Françoise Arnoul
Cinematography Gilberto Azevedo
Edited by Valeria Sarmiento
Release date
  • 23 April 1975 (1975-04-23)
Running time
 100 minutes
Country Chile, France
Language Spanish, French

Dialogues of Exiles (Spanish: Diálogos de exiliados, French: Dialogue d'exilés) is a 1975 French-Chilean satirical film with documentary elements directed by Raúl Ruiz.[1]

Plot

Chilean exiles in Paris discuss the problems facing them in the aftermath of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état. They kidnap and attempt to reeducate a touring singer from their homeland. Ruiz’s first French film observes the gestures and rhetorics of the community of exiles which he himself was a member of. It showcases a belonging to a community in exile, united by the tragedy of the fall of the Allende government and the brutality of the Pinochet dictatorship.[2]

Cast

Reception

Dialogues of Exiles ultimately caused Ruiz to be ostracized from the Chilean exile community because of its critical, at times even unfriendly portrayal of them. Ruizʼs depiction of the exiles is laced with scathing humor, and many complained that he had made light of “los problemas de adaptación, de lenguaje, de espacio, de integración, de choque cultural” (the problems of adaptation, language, space, integration, and cultural shock), which for many were quite serious. He nevertheless continued to explore issues of Chilean identity, dictatorship, and exile in his films.[3]

Bibliography

  • Pick, Z. M. (1987). Chilean cinema in exile. Framework, 0(34), 39. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1311780721
  • Blaine, Patrick. "Reconstructing Resistant Memory in the Chilean Social Documentary: Guzmán and Ruiz." Morningside College. Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Toronto, Canada. 2010
  • Revista da Faculdade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação da UFRGS Porto Alegre, v. 19, n.1, p. 21-41, jan./jun. 2013
  • Goddard, Michael. "Impossible cartographies: approaching Raúl Ruiz’s." Revista da Faculdade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação da UFRGS 19.1 (2013): 21-41.

References

  1. ↑ "Le Cinéma de Raoul Ruiz: La colonia penal". lecinemaderaoulruiz.com. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
  2. ↑ Goddard, Michael (2013). "Impossible Cartographies: Approaching Raúl Ruiz's Cinema" (PDF). Revista da Faculdade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação da UFRGS. 19: 21.
  3. ↑ Blaine, Patrick. "Reconstructing Resistant Memory in the Chilean Social Documentary: Guzmán and Ruiz." Morningside College. Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Toronto, Canada. 2010.
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