
Follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals.... (Full plot summary below)
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Follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals.
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| Time OutDavid JenkinsThe production design and costumes are immaculate, while Ruiz's camera glides around soirées, ducks under tables and peers from behind curtains. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawFor those with open minds, the cinema of Ruiz offers enormous and unique pleasure. |
| Radio TimesTrevor JohnstonOffers a Dickensian level of storytelling richness while unfurling the tangled personal history of a teenage boy seeking the truth about his parentage. |
| ViewLondonIsabel StevensThis is a film to lose yourself in. Despite its extremely long running time, it is an utterly intriguing and beautifully-shot labyrinth. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonI think I love best that Ruiz found a way to adapt this frothy tale to an equally frothy style of filmmaking. It's alive in the most passionate way. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittLet's just say that when one character says, "I have a long story to tell you," he ain't a-kidding. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThis enveloping dream of an epic narrative experiment comes from the great Chilean-born, France-based filmmaker Raúl Ruiz (Time Regained). |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)Let's just say that when one character says, "I have a long story to tell you," he ain't a-kidding. |
| New York Magazine/VultureDavid EdelsteinIn Mysteries of Lisbon, the prolific Chilean-born director and egghead Raúl Ruiz has achieved something remarkable, at once avant-garde and middlebrow: the apotheosis of the soap opera. |
| Boston PhoenixPeter KeoughRuiz's gorgeous, painterly visuals are shot from startling angles and work alongside his precise, anarchic, and gleefully absurd narrative to evoke a heightened reality that plumbs the mysteries of life. |