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Of Great Events and Ordinary People

7.519801h 5mMovieDocumentary

In 1978, Ruiz was commissioned to make a television documentary about the French elections from the viewpoint of a Chilean exile in Paris’ eleventh arrondissement. But, contrary to the producers’ expectation, the Left lost. Ruiz seized on…

DirectorRaúl Ruiz
WritersRaúl Ruiz·François Ede

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