Three Crowns of the Sailor
A voyage on the sea of dreams
Directed by Raúl Ruiz
A dreamlike, philosophically dense voyage where a murderer listens to a sailor's surreal life story, blending narrative frames and metaphysical inquiry into a haunting meditation on fate and meaning.
Shortly after murdering his professor, a young man encounters a sailor who offers him a position on his ship in exchange for 3 Danish crowns and his attention as he recounts his life story.
Essence
Ensemble
Jean-Bernard Guillard
Sailor
Philippe Deplanche
Tadeusz Krasinski the Student
Nadège Clair
María the Prostitute
Lisa Lyon
Matilde the Dancer
Jean Badin
1st Officer
Pauline Brunet
Moroccan streetwalker
José de Carvalho
Old sailor
Claude Dereppe
Captain
Diogo Dória
Sailor's Sister's Fiancé
Mostefa Djadjam
Ahmed
Huguette Faget
Our Lady, 1st officer's mother
André Gomes
Travelling Salesman
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