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Valeria Sarmiento

Valeria Sarmiento

Editor and director · Born October 29, 1948 (77) · Valparaíso, Chile

Valeria Sarmiento (born 29 October 1948) is a film editor, director and screenwriter best known for her work in France, Portugal and her native Chile. She has worked both in film and television, directing 20 feature films, documentaries and television series'. She is the widow of Chilean film director Raúl Ruiz (1941-2011) with whom she collaborated for decades as regular editor and co-writer. She has also edited films for Luc Moullet, Robert Kramer and Ventura Pons . From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 29, 1948 (77)
From
Valparaíso, Chile
Works as
Editor and director
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 67 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 25% in 30 days

What are Valeria Sarmiento's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Ideas.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
26%
Ideas
17%
Morality
15%
Survival
14%
Bonds
13%
Power
11%
Society
5%
Truth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 4 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Full focus: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their full focus movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 5

Ambiguous: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their ambiguous movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
8
Tense
6
Melancholic
4
Absurd
2
Cold
2
Other
2

How their films linger

Thought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Bittersweet1
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Valeria Sarmiento's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Valeria Sarmiento's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

67 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • Behind the Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Traces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · Editor

  • Socialist Realism (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Co-Director · Co-Writer

  • Casa de Angelis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Creator

  • The Black Book(2018)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Wandering Soap Opera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Editor

  • Maria Graham: Diary of a Residence in Chile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Lines of Wellington(2012)

    Director · Editor

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Blind Revenge(2009)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Night Across the Street(2012)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Mysteries of Lisbon(2011)

    Show 6 episodes · Editor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Mysteries of Lisbon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Editor

  • Nucingen House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Costume Design

  • Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Idea

  • Litoral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 4 episodes · Editor

  • La Recta Provincia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Editor

  • La Recta Provincia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 4 episodes · Editor

  • Klimt(2006)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Lost Domain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Editor

  • A Place Among the Living (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Editor

  • That Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Editor

  • Rosa la China (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Savage Souls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Editor

  • Love Torn in a Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Editor

  • L'Inconnu de Strasbourg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director · Writer

  • The Film to Come (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Editor

  • Genealogies of a Crime(1997)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Elle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Wind Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Editor

  • The Clandestine Journey: Lives of Saints and Sinners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Editor

  • The Solitudes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Editor

  • Amelia Lópes O'Neill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Director · Adaptation · Writer

  • Planet of the Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Director

  • Three Crowns of the Sailor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Editor

  • Brise-glace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Editor

  • L'Autel de l'amitié (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Editor

  • Derrière le Mur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Editor

  • Tous les nuages sont des horloges (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Editor

  • The Blind Owl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Editor

  • Brise-Glace: Histoires de glace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Editor

  • Dog's Dialogue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Editor

  • Boucherie fine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Thanks

  • Dans un miroir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Editor

  • Treasure Island(1986)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Notre mariage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Voyage of a Hand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Editor · Actor

  • City of Pirates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Editor

  • Les Minutes d'un faiseur de film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Editor

  • A Man, When He Is a Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director · Writer

  • On Top of the Whale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Editor

  • The Territory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Editor

  • Guns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Editor

  • Of Great Events and Ordinary People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Editor

  • The One-Eyed Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Editor

  • Origins of a Meal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Editor

  • Gens de nulle part, gens de toutes parts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Director

  • Le Mal du pays (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Director

  • The Suspended Vocation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Editor

  • Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Editor

  • Utopia: The Scattered Body and the World Upside Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Editor

  • Sotelo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Sound

  • Dialogues of the Exiles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Editor · Producer · Actor

  • La Femme au foyer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

  • Les transplantés (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Editor

  • La expropiación(1974)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • A Dream as in Colours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 67 titles from 1973 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Klimt (2006)

$585K worldwide

Highest rated

Genealogies of a Crime (1997)

Midcredits 64th

Most popular right now

Mysteries of Lisbon (2011)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 67: 0 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting21 of 67: 8 only directing, 13 with another roleWriting9 of 67: 0 only writing, 9 with another roleProducing1 of 67: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleEditing47 of 67: 41 only editing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score55thOther crew4 of 67: 3 only other crew, 1 with another role

67 titles, 15 with more than one role — editing and directing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1970s12 · 1 acting · 12 crew1980s19 · 1 acting · 19 crew1990s11 · crew2000s12 · crew2010s9 · crew2020s4 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Valeria Sarmiento's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 9 titles are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · editor

Treasure Island (1986)

66th percentile spread · 23% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

Genealogies of a Crime (1997)

Midcredits 64th · 57% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 31/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 44, detractors 18. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Valeria Sarmiento work with?

People who share at least 2 of Valeria Sarmiento's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Raúl Ruiz shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers