The Golden Boat

The Golden Boat — Plot

Inspired in form by American police TV shows and soap operas, The Golden Boat is a madcap, surreal dash through the streets of New York city, telling the mysterious and often hilarious story of an aged street-person named Austin, a comically compulsive assassin, as he joins up with a young rock critic and philosophy student named Israel Williams. In the course of their adventures, Austin pursues his object of desire - a Mexican soap opera star - and along the way engages a host of TV characters and bit players, whose repartee range from gangsterish insults to the question of God's existence.

• Release date
• June 22, 1991
• Runtime
• 83 min
• Genres
• Drama, Comedy
• Director
• Raúl Ruiz

The Golden Boat — Cast

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Michael Kirby Austin

F

Federico Muchnik Israel Williams

B

Brett Alexander Doc

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Mary Hestand Alina Kathy Acker Professor Kate Valk Amelia Lopes Jim Jarmusch Stranger Barbet Schroeder Mean Passer-by