The Blind Owl

The Blind Owl

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 31, 1987

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama, Fantasy

User Score

73%

Original Title

La Chouette aveugle

Production Companies

Light Night, Maison de la Culture du Havre, TSR, La Sept Cinéma

Director

Raúl Ruiz

Description

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 fascinated: the dancer he sees on the screen seems to be looking straight into his eyes. He falls in love with her, but the vision last only a moment. Shortly afterwards, an elderly man storms into the projection booth and claims he is his uncle.
 H. wants to prepare a meal for him and reaches for the oil bottle: he sees the same dancer on the label…. H begins to find echoes of his own life in the images he projects. Everything changes when fiction and reality merge...