Valeria Sarmiento Movies

H., 35, an Arabian immigrant, works as projectionist in an old cinema. One day, drawn by the music, he looks through the window of the booth and is...

"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...

Adaptation of a choreography by Joêlle Bouvier and Régis Obadia

A man comes to visit an acquaintance who is supposed to be sick and talks to his sister while he is waiting.

The film concerns a group of disparate types who support themselves by running guns to the Arabs. On the surface, it would seem that these characters...

In 1978, Ruiz was commissioned to make a television documentary about the French elections from the viewpoint of a Chilean exile in Paris’...

A documentary on the exiled Chilean painter Sotelo which focuses on the painter's voice rather than the paintings themselves.

In Wind Water, Ruiz stages a three-way dialogue between three great cultures: the West, China and Arabia. He imagines what might occur if...

Third and final part of collaborative project Brise Glace. Directed by Raúl Ruíz.

A series of philosophical dialogues on friendship, architecture, electricity, cannibalism and human rights.

Two salesmen in Honduras are looking everywhere for their lost pal.

Sarmiento made her directorial debut with the documentary with this short about a group of Chilean women dedicated to striptease.

A short personal filmed journal about the director's nervousness in presenting a script and awaiting the decision about whether it can be made.

A surreal travel drama, shot on Sicility with Italian actors. IlViaggio Clandestino is a film about saints and sinners. Whether you areblessed or...

Documentary about Cuban education. El planeta de los niños is not a documentary and not a feature film. Sarmiento actually filmed a...

What are the social climate and cultural traditions in Costa Rica which nurture "machismo" and allow the domination of women to continue in Latin...

A right-wing family decides to exile themselves to Europe after Salvador Allende's victory during the presidential elections of 1970; only to find...

A journey back to the darkest years of the military dictatorship, where Valeria Sarmiento, using for the first time in her career her own voice,...