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.
Narrator (voice)
Movie / 1982
Movie / 2023
Movie / 2012
Movie / 1999
Movie / 1979
Movie / 1999
Movie / 2014
Movie / 1990
Movie / 1998
Movie / 2007
Movie / 1975
Movie / 2025
Movie / 2023
Movie / 2022
Movie / 2017
Movie / 2019
Movie / 1993
Movie / 1968
Movie / 2000
Movie / 1954
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.
Movie / 1982
Movie / 2023
Movie / 2012
Movie / 1999
Movie / 1979
Movie / 1999
Movie / 2014
Movie / 1990
Movie / 1998
Movie / 2007
Movie / 1975
Movie / 2025
Movie / 2023
Movie / 2022
Movie / 2017
Movie / 2019
Movie / 1993
Movie / 1968
Movie / 2000
Movie / 1954