CinemaOSMovie · 1964 · 0h 27m

Valparaiso

70%(60)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byJoris Ivens

Play
Status
Released
Runtime
0h 27m
Language
FR
Released
August 31, 1964
Studios
Argos filmsCine Experimental de la Universidad de ChileUniversidad de Chile

Featuring

Cast & crew

1 credited
Starring

Roger Pigaut

Narrator (voice)

Creative team
Directed by
Joris Ivens
Joris Ivens
Written by
Chris Marker
Chris Marker
Produced by
Philippe Lifchitz
Anatole Dauman
Anatole Dauman

Keep watching

More like this

People on the Road6.8

People on the Road

1960 · Film

Final Line9.0

Final Line

2023 · Film

Bread9.0

Bread

1934 · Film

Under the Libertarian Sign6.7

Under the Libertarian Sign

1936 · Film

My Grandmother's Mother Told My Grandmother

My Grandmother's Mother Told My Grandmother

2004 · Film

Demeure

Demeure

2019 · Film

Presos del silencio7.5

Presos del silencio

2004 · Film

Un instante en la vida ajena7.5

Un instante en la vida ajena

2003 · Film

Rewilding Patagonia

Rewilding Patagonia

2025 · Film

Cell phones P.s. Just a small add on10.0

Cell phones P.s. Just a small add on

2022 · Film

Le grand cirque des marées

Le grand cirque des marées

2025 · Film

Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands7.3

Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands

2004 · Film

Picked for you

Recommended movies

Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea7.2

Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea

2026 · Film

Ghosts of the Abyss6.8

Ghosts of the Abyss

2003 · Film

The Salt of the Earth8.1

The Salt of the Earth

2014 · Film

Naqoyqatsi6.2

Naqoyqatsi

2002 · Film

The Last Waltz7.7

The Last Waltz

1978 · Film

I Am Heath Ledger7.4

I Am Heath Ledger

2017 · Film

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye7.2

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye

2022 · Film

Leviathan6.5

Leviathan

2013 · Film

Come See Me in the Good Light7.2

Come See Me in the Good Light

2025 · Film

Atlantis6.3

Atlantis

1991 · Film

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora6.5

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

2010 · Film

McQueen7.4

McQueen

2018 · Film

Samsara8.1

Samsara

2011 · Film

The Irishman: In Conversation7.5

The Irishman: In Conversation

2019 · Film

The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story7.3

The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story

2019 · Film

Dogtown and Z-Boys7.0

Dogtown and Z-Boys

2002 · Film

Sans Soleil7.5

Sans Soleil

1983 · Film

Aliens of the Deep6.1

Aliens of the Deep

2005 · Film

180° South7.2

180° South

2010 · Film

Jim: The James Foley Story7.4

Jim: The James Foley Story

2016 · Film