Night Across the Street
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1h 52m
Directed by Raúl Ruiz | 113 mins | 2012
The last completed film by Chilean master Ruiz is a melancholic memoir film, a playful puzzle box of a movie in which an office worker approaching retirement reflects back on his life—including events that may not necessarily have happened. A sublime swan song blurring boundaries between memory and fantasy, showing influences of Proust, Buñuel, and Borges.
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