¡Qué hacer!

1972 film

9 May 1972 (1972-05-09) (Cannes)
28 September 1973 (1973-09-28) (US)

Running time

90 minutesCountriesChile
United StatesLanguagesSpanish
English

¡Qué hacer! is a 1972 Chilean-American drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz,^[1] Nina Serrano, and Saul Landau.^[2] According to co-director Nina Serrano, "The formal script in the first draft was written by Saul Landau, Raul Ruiz, and Jim Becket. But as the film was somewhat improvised the actors and I also added or molded the script as the filming went along."^[3] It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.^[4]^[5]

Cast

Sandra Archer as Suzanne McCloud
Aníbal Reyna as Simon Vallejo
Richard Stahl as Martin Scott Bradford
Luis Alarcón as Osvaldo Alarcón
Pablo de la Barra as Hugo Alarcón
Sergio Zorrilla as himself
Salvador Allende as himself
Country Joe McDonald as Country (as Joe McDonald)
Jorge Yáñez as Padre Eduardo
Sergio Bravo as Kidnapper
Óscar Castro as Kidnapper
Poli Délano as Old comrade
Mónica Echeverría as Irene Alarcón
Elizabeth Farnsworth as Margaret
Saul Landau as Seymour Rosenberg
Rodrigo Maturana as Old comrade
Pablo Neruda as himself

References

^ "Le Cinéma de Raoul Ruiz: ¡Qué hacer!". lecinemaderaoulruiz.com. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
^ "NY Times: ¡Qué hacer!". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
^ "Que Hacer". YouTube.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
^ "¡Qué hacer!". AFI. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ "Cannes 2015: Where's Raaooouuuul?". BFI. Retrieved 8 July 2020.