Valparaiso
1964•27m•7.0•Released
Documentary
In 1962 Joris Ivens was invited to Chile for teaching and filmmaking. Together with students he made …A Valparaíso, one of his most poetic films. Contrasting the prestigious history of the seaport with the present the film sketches a portrait of the city, built on 42 hills, with its wealth and poverty, its daily life on the streets, the stairs, the rack railways and in the bars. Although the port has lost its importance, the rich past is still present in the impoverished city. The film echoes this ambiguous situation in its dialectical poetic style, interweaving the daily life reality (of 1963) with the history of the city and changing from black and white to colour, finally leaving us with hopeful perspective for the children who are playing on the stairs and hills of this beautiful town.
Director
Joris Ivens
Writer
Chris Marker
Languages
French, Spanish
Studio
Argos films
Cast
Roger Pigaut
Narrator (voice)
Production
Company
Argos films
Company
Cine Experimental de la Universidad de Chile
Company
Universidad de Chile
Producer
Philippe Lifchitz
Producer
Anatole Dauman
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