Lines of Wellington is the final film prepared by Chilean filmmaker Raoul Ruiz and directed by his widow and former editor Valeria Sarmiento. It is a modest epic set during the Battle of Bussaco, when Napoleon’s army invaded Portugal and the British and Portuguese combined forces to fight the French. The film is a rich and intimate portative of war with a full range of characters from different classes, cultures and backgrounds, but its episodic nature and ensemble cast make it feel more like a condensed TV mini series than an grand feature film epic.