The Wandering Soap Opera

The Wandering Soap Opera (La telenovela errante) is a 2017 Chilean surrealist film directed by Raúl Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento. Ruiz directed the film in 1990 and Sarmiento supervised the editing in 2017.

Summary
In seven chapters, Chilean reality is portrayed as a surreal collection of soap operas that overlap with one another.

Cast

 * Luis Alarcón
 * Patricia Rivadeneira
 * Francisco Reyes
 * Roberto Poblete
 * Liliana García
 * Mauricio Pesutic

Production
The Wandering Soap Opera was originally filmed by Raúl Ruiz in 1990, but was unfinished. In 2017, Ruiz's widow, Valeria Sarmiento, completed the film. The film was shot in Super 16 mm film.

Release
The film debuted at the Locarno Festival in 2017, and later premiered in the United States at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The Cinema Guild distributed the film in North America.