Three Crowns of the Sailor

Three Crowns of the Sailor (1982)

  • 70% of users liked it
    (100 ratings)

In this classically surreal fantasy, a sailor, known for telling tales, sees a student killing his teacher and decides to spin a few yarns for him. He tells the boy of his many adventures in exotic South American ports where he visited opium dens and stayed in cathouses. In such dark, dreamlike… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 57 min.
Directed By
Raoul Ruiz
Written By
Francois Ede, Raoul Ruiz
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Special Interest
On DVD
Jul 25, 2006

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    The yarns are timeless and mystical.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Stella D


    a marvelous ghost story in the style of magical realism, the film plays like an opium dream, hallucinatory and disorienting. perhaps a bit long and some of the acting seems stiff but the astonishingly imaginative visuals more than compensate. inspired by coleridge's rime of the… More

  • Dimitris S


    Short tales of ordinary madness or in our case,uncompromising anarchy.The interaction between two radicals (a student versus an experienced sailor) is but the premise of a psychological duel beyond the dreamland and into the web de mort.What we're witnessing is a journey to the… More

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