H., 35, an Arabian immigrant, works as projectionist in an old cinema. One day, drawn by the music, he looks through the window of the booth and is fascinated: the dancer he sees on the screen seems to be looking straight into his eyes. He falls in love with her, but the vision last only a moment. Shortly afterwards, an elderly man storms into the projection booth and claims he is his uncle.
 H. wants to prepare a meal for him and reaches for the oil bottle: he sees the same dancer on the label…. H begins to find echoes of his own life in the images he projects. Everything changes when fiction and reality merge...

• DirectorRaúl Ruiz
• Release31 December 1987
• Genre
  Drama / Fantasy
• Duration1h 30m
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• Rate
  

  7.3
  7 reviews
• Productions

  Light Night, Maison de la Culture du Havre, TSR, La Sept Cinéma