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Valparaiso

7.0(60)196427m2

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
French
  • ship
  • chile
  • marine
  • harbor
  • black and white
  • urban setting
  • portrait
  • sailor
  • port
  • travelogue
  • hill
  • kite

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Joris Ivens

Produced in

Chile, France

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNew York City, New York20 Sept 1965
  • ChileCL

    • Theatrical31 Aug 1964
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereUÉcole Normale Supérieure, Paris8 Jun 1963
    • Digital / OTT27 Dec 2021

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Valparaiso was released on 31 August 1964.

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