The Film to Come
1997, French. Directed by Raúl Ruiz.
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
- Runtime
- 0h 9m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- French
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- Released
- 16 November 1997
- Original title
- Le Film à venir
- Country
- France, Switzerland
- Written by
- Raúl Ruiz
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The Film to Come isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 November 1997. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Film to Come?
The Film to Come (1997) was directed by Raúl Ruiz.