The Blind Owl (French: La chouette aveugle) is a 1987 surrealist art film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. It is an oneiric, metafictional work with some scenes and characters loosely based on the 1937 book The Blind Owl by the Persian writer Sadegh Hedayat.[1]

The Blind Owl
Film image
Directed byRaúl Ruiz
Written byBenoît Peeters
Raúl Ruiz
Based onThe Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat
Produced byMaison de la Culture Le Havre
StarringJean-François Lapalus
Jessica Forde
Jean-Bernard Guillard
CinematographyPatrice Cologne
Edited byValeria Sarmiento
Rudolfo Wedeles
Music byJorge Arriagada
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
105 minutes
CountriesFrance
Switzerland
LanguagesFrench
Spanish
Arabic

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  1. ^ "The Blind Owl (La Chouette Aveugle, France/Switzerland, 1987)". Rouge. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

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