Valparaiso
7.5
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.
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Cast
12 people
Roger Pigaut
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Untamable Angelique
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chris Marker
Also in
The Sixth Side of the Pentagon
L’indispensable
Joris Ivens
Also in
New Earth
The Flaming Arrow
Georges Delerue
Fernando Bellet
Jean Ravel
Anatole Dauman
Also in
The Astronauts
Georges Strouvé
Philippe Lifchitz
Also in
The Astronauts
Une femme au bout de la nuit
Luis Cornejo
Gustavo Becerra
Patricio Guzmán Campos
Joris Ivens Director · Chris Marker Screenplay Gustavo Becerra Composer
United States release September 20, 1965 · Produced in Chile, France · Languages French, Spanish
Production
Argos films
Production
Cine Experimental de la Universidad de Chile
Production
Universidad de Chile
Production
Chile · France
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Languages
Original title
…A Valparaíso
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · Spanish
Release dates
France · June 8, 1963
Premiere · École Normale Supérieure, Paris
Chile · August 31, 1964
Theatrical
United States · September 20, 1965
Theatrical · New York City, New York
Denmark
November 8, 2004 · CPH:DOX
France
December 27, 2021 · Digital
Germany
September 24, 1965
Greece
May 11, 2006 · Ecocinema Festival
Italy
March 19, 1965 · TV premiere
Portugal
April 20, 1983 · Cinemateca Portuguesa
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