Of Great Events and Ordinary People
De grands événements et des gens ordinaires
Synopsis
In 1978, Ruiz was commissioned to make a television documentary about the French elections from the viewpoint of a Chilean exile in Paris’ eleventh arrondissement. But, contrary to the producers’ expectation, the Left lost. Ruiz seized on this anti-climax to make a documentary about nothing except itself – a film whose central subject is forever lost in digression and ‘dispersal’, harking back to his Chilean experiments of the ‘60s. Its political content is deliberately left negligible: it’s hard to tell at the end who did actually win the election, let alone why.
Release History & Theatrical Window
Internationales Forum des Jungen Films, Berlin
Festival / Special Debut
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Raúl Ruiz
- Screenplay & Story
- François Ede, Raúl Ruiz
- Original Title
- De grands événements et des gens ordinaires
- Country of Origin
- France
- Spoken Languages
- French
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Production Studios
- INA
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Raúl Ruiz
François Ede, Raúl Ruiz
Jacques Bouquin, Alain Salomon, Dominique Forgue
Valeria Sarmiento
Department Leadership Roster
François Ede
Writer
Raúl Ruiz
Director
Raúl Ruiz
Writer
Valeria Sarmiento
Editor
Jacques Bouquin
Director of Photography
Alain Salomon
Director of Photography
Dominique Forgue
Director of Photography
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What is Of Great Events and Ordinary People about?
In 1978, Ruiz was commissioned to make a television documentary about the French elections from the viewpoint of a Chilean exile in Paris’ eleventh arrondissement. But, contrary to the producers’ expectation, the Left lost. Ruiz seized on this anti-climax to make a documentary about nothing except itself – a film whose central subject is forever lost in digression and ‘dispersal’, harking back to his Chilean experiments of the ‘60s. Its political content is deliberately left negligible: it’s hard to tell at the end who did actually win the election, let alone why.
Who directed Of Great Events and Ordinary People?
Of Great Events and Ordinary People was directed by Raúl Ruiz.
Who stars in Of Great Events and Ordinary People?
The principal cast of Of Great Events and Ordinary People includes Not specified.
When was Of Great Events and Ordinary People released and how long is it?
Of Great Events and Ordinary People was released in 1980 with a total runtime of 1h 5m.