Raoul Ruiz contre l’ignorance fiction

French-Chilean filmmaker Raoul Ruiz is one of cinema’s great artists. He is also among the most prolific, with close to 120 films to his credit. From his birth in southern Chile, to his involvement in the Allende government and exile in France with the rise of Pinochet’s dictatorship, Alejandra Rojo’s documentary reveals the fundamentals of Ruiz’s work, and how childhood, poetry and science rule his world. These are the three indispensable keys for understanding his vast filmography presented by this film, which features film excerpts, interviews and testimonials.