The Film to Come poster

The Film to Come poster

The Film to Come

1997 9m 6.3Movie

If any single piece can act as a key to Ruiz, it may be the 1997 short Le Film à Venir (The Film to Come). The titular film is a holy fragment of celluloid that can only be seen by a secret society known as the Philokinetes. They watch it on a loop, somnambulating through a life that is unreal by comparison. It is the belief of the Philokinetes that film has an existence “independent from humans. Cinema, they said, is the primeval soup of a new life form. There from were to emerge pure screening creatures. Which is to say, non-topical beings.” - n+1

Where to Watch

Availability: United States

No regional provider information is available for United States.

Streaming availability data provided by JustWatch.

Crew

Directors

Raúl Ruiz

Director, Writer

Writers

Raúl Ruiz

Director, Writer

Producers

Silvia Voser

Producer

Cinematographers

Jacques Bouquin

Director of Photography

Editors

Valeria Sarmiento

Editor

More from This Director

To Each His Own Cinema poster

To Each His Own Cinema

2007 · ★ 6.4

Klimt poster

Klimt

2006 · ★ 5.2

Genealogies of a Crime poster

Genealogies of a Crime

1997 · ★ 6.5

The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting poster

The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting

1978 · ★ 6.9

Three Lives and Only One Death poster

Three Lives and Only One Death

1996 · ★ 6.5

Time Regained poster

Time Regained

1999 · ★ 6.3

City of Pirates poster

City of Pirates

1984 · ★ 7.2

Of Great Events and Ordinary People poster

Of Great Events and Ordinary People

1980 · ★ 7.5

Treasure Island poster

Treasure Island

1986 · ★ 6.4

Three Crowns of the Sailor poster

Three Crowns of the Sailor

1991 · ★ 7.0

Concerning Nice poster

Concerning Nice

1995 · ★ 5.6

Savage Souls poster

Savage Souls

2001 · ★ 4.9

That Day poster

That Day

2003 · ★ 6.1

Mysteries of Lisbon poster

Mysteries of Lisbon

2010 · ★ 7.2

Manoel’s Destinies poster

Manoel’s Destinies

1984 · ★ 7.3