The Blind Owl (La Chouette aveugle) 36 years old

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...

Credits

The Blind Owl Cast

Name Character
Jessica Forde She was 20, now 58 years old
Alain Rimoux He was 34, now 71 years old
Camila Mora-Scheihing
Jean-Bernard Guillard He was 37, now 74 years old as Kasim
Jean-François Lapalus
Brigitte Coscas

The Blind Owl Crew

Name Department
Jorge Arriagada as Music. He was 43 (now 80) years old Sound
Valeria Sarmiento as Editor. She was 39 (now 76) years old Editing
Raúl Ruiz as Director. He was 45 (70) years old when He died Directing
Raúl Ruiz as Writer. He was 45 (70) years old when He died Writing
The Blind Owl poster
The Blind Owl (36 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, December 31, 1987
  • Runtime: 90 minutes