This three part French TV serial for children (alternate versions exist as a feature, Manoel’s Destinies, and a 4 part Portuguese TV serial, Adventure in Madeira) is the favourite of many devotees of Raúl Ruiz. This is because it ties the enchantment and mystery of Lewis Carroll, Carlo Collodi and the Brothers Grimm to the filmmaker’s experiments with narrative strategies and what he calls the pentaludic model of storytelling (where characters are thrown dice-like into combinations and situations governed by the play of Chance and Destiny).
So Weird66%
LEGO DREAMZzz78%
Mr. Mercedes71%
Touch66%
Teletubbies61%
Fantasy Island59%
Ghost Wars59%
The Changeling64%
Little Bear69%
Joan of Arcadia73%
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels67%
Ghostwriter73%
Locke & Key77%
The Vampire Lestat70%
Outcast70%
Nancy Drew77%
Emerald City66%
Tales from the Loop70%
The Bionic Woman69%
The Elephant Princess71%
