Night Across the Street (Spanish: La noche de enfrente) is a 2012 Chilean postmodern drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz.

[6] The film starts with Don Celso (Sergio Hernández) attending a class by Jean Giono (Christian Vadim) on language use.

Don Celso suggests time is like marbles and can be worn as a necklace, which relates to his exploration of different fantasies as his current self or child-self.

His coworker notices this is unusual behavior for him, but we understand he's reenacting his conversation with Jean Giono from the previous sequence.

He interacts with Long John Silver (Pedro Villagara), who Rodo perceives as the famous pirate from centuries ago.

We see Rodo travel to another dimension where he speaks with a non-deaf Beethoven (Sergio Schmied) and learns about 20th-century innovations and inventions, showcasing Ruiz's use of comedy.

The film progresses to the second dimension where Don Celso meets Rolo Pedro (Christian Gajardo), who plans to kill him for his money.