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Combat d'amour en songe (2000)

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Summary: A prelude announces the intent to tell nine stories, all marked with letters of alphabet, with the subsequent permutations of these stories. Not only the plotlines get mutated and re-ordered, so do the actors, hats, beards, accents, manners - whatever may identify a character ceases to be such an identifier. The plot itself becomes a mystery, since there are parallel searches for the treasure, the map of treasure, which as we learn is a treasure in itself, a coin, a kidnapped father etc.
AKA: Love Torn in Dream
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Chile, France, Portugal
Directed By: Raoul Ruiz
Written By: Raoul Ruiz
More information at the Internet Movie Database
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na Enygma
75
T6
na imdb
69
T7
na MadcapLaughs
50
T2
I like the playfulness Ruiz brings to this film (even though occasionally the film drifts from playful in to silly) but often the film feels more like an exercise that is serviced by Ruiz's imagination in contrast to something far preferable like the brilliant City of Pirates which is an almost magical experience that is fuelled by Ruiz's imagination. Disappointing...
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