Valparaiso (1964)
• August 31st, 1964 • 0h 27min
Documentary
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Sans Soleil
Released on: 1983-03-02
Documentary
A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words...
untitled minneapolis project
Released on: 2025-05-16
Documentary
A homeless man living in a encampment in Minneapolis tells his perspective on the ongoing crisis of ...
The Endless Summer
Released on: 1966-06-15
Documentary
Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. T...
A, B, C... Z
Released on: 1971-02-16
Family, Documentary
Children get ready to start the first grade. They start learning the first letters.
Walfang im südlichen Eismeer
Released on: 1939-01-01
Documentary
The escort vessel with the harpoon searches for whales. The sailor on the observation mast points to...
Der Blinde und sein Hund
Released on: 1951-01-01
Documentary
The film offers three excerpts from the life of a working blind person. It shows in particular the e...
The Liberation of Paris
Released on: 1944-08-26
Documentary
French Resistance's documentary during the liberation of Paris in August 1944.
Víctor Jara in Live in Lima
Released on: 1973-07-17
Documentary, Music
Concert by Víctor Jara at Panamericana Televisión in Lima, Peru, on July 17, 1973. This is one of th...
A Native Street in India
Released on: 1906-06-02
Documentary
Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city.
Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo
Released on: 2009-01-01
Documentary
When Tomoko finds some messages for a 'Mr Smith' on a lost mobile phone, she finds herself on an 'Al...
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
Released on: 1927-09-23
Documentary
A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides a...
London Symphony
Released on: 2017-09-03
Documentary
LONDON SYMPHONY is a brand new silent film - a city symphony - which offers a poetic journey through...
Trabantem až na konec světa
Released on: 2014-03-13
Documentary
The third installment in Dan Přibáň's series of travel documentaries describes the author's journey ...
Der neue Expressdampfer Saint Louis
Released on: 1899-05-03
Documentary
Short film about an express steamer