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Three Sad Tigers (1968)

Three Sad Tigers poster
Original title
Tres tristes tigres
Directed by
Raúl Ruiz
Genre
drama film
Country
Chile
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film follows a group of people in Santiago over a night and a day. They drink, talk, and wander through bars and streets. It shows their loneliness and restlessness.

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What happens

Three Sad Tigers (Spanish: Tres tristes tigres) is a 1968 Chilean drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz. It is an adaptation of the play of the same name by Alejandro Sieveking, which itself was based on the novel Tres tristes tigres by Cuban writer Guillermo Cabrera Infante. It shared the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1969. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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