 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwanakomana womukuru wengarava uye mudzidzisi wechikoro kumaodzanyemba kweChile, Raúl Ruiz akasiya zvidzidzo zvake zveyunivhesiti mubhaibheri nemutemo kuti anyore mitambo 100 achitsigirwa neRockefeller Foundation. Akaenderera mberi nekudzidza basa rake achishanda muChilean neMexico terevhizheni uye achidzidza pachikoro chemafirimu muArgentina 1964. Achidzokera kuChile, akaita mutambo wake wokutanga Three Sad Tigers 1968, achigoverana neGolden Leopard pa1969 Locarno Film Festival. Maererano naRuiz mubvunzurudzo ya1991, Three Sad Tigers firimu risina nyaya, ndiyo yakatarisana nenyaya. Mumwe anouraya mumwe. Zvinhu zvose zvenhau zviripo asi zvinoshandiswa senzvimbo, uye nzvimbo inoshandiswa senhau. Akanga ari munhu wokunze pakati pevachengeti vemafirimu veChilean vezera rake vakaita saMiguel Littín naPatricio Guzmán, basa rake raive rakanyanya kusetsa, kusatendeseka uye kuyedza. Muna 1973, nokukurumidza pashure pokunge mauto atora hurumendevaitungamirirwa naAugusto Pinochet, Ruiz nomudzimai wake mumwe mutungamiriri Valeria Sarmiento vakatiza Chile ndokugara muParis, France. 