Directing
Álvaro J. Covacevich
Born
1933-11-03 (92)
Place of birth
Santiago, Chile
Known for
Directing
Credits
9 titles
Álvaro Covacevich is a Chilean filmmaker and landscape artist who has long been a constant promoter of the national culture. In 1966 he made his first feature film with a script and music of his own, Morir un poco, an investigation into the life of a man who, in his words, "goes out into the streets to die a little, instead of going out to live. Two years later he makes New Love or the Flower Revolution, also with a script and his own music, which shows "a group of teenagers who want to conquer peace and happiness through love". Then in 1972, during the government of Salvador Allende, he films Dialogue of America and The Great Challenge, a record of conversations between President Allende …
Known for
NRNew Love is a non-linear film that consist in succession of sequences showing the world of young people of the late sixties.Deeply focused on the hippie culture in Chile.
New Love
1968
10.0In November 1971, Salvador Allende and Fidel Castro chat to each other about revolution, imperialism, oligarchy, underdevelopment, cultural dependency and economics.
El Diálogo de América
1972
NRAfter providing a pictorial vision of Chile, from north to south, President Salvador Allende's tour of the following countries is recorded: Mexico, Algeria, USSR, USA and Cuba. In each place, scenes of welcoming demonstrations, official acts and typical archive notes are presented.
Chile, el gran desafío
1973
NRA documentary revolving around the 1972 crash of the plane carrying an Uruguayan rugby team; interviews with survivors and the families of victims.
The Andes's Odyssey
1976
6.4A film-truth document. It presents the life of Luis, a man who wanders the streets of the city, going to and from work, contemplating the windows of a world he can never have and that invite him to consume, to dream.
Morir un Poco
1967
Behind the camera
NRNew Love is a non-linear film that consist in succession of sequences showing the world of young people of the late sixties.Deeply focused on the hippie culture in Chile.
New Love
1968
NRNew Love is a non-linear film that consist in succession of sequences showing the world of young people of the late sixties.Deeply focused on the hippie culture in Chile.
New Love
1968
10.0In November 1971, Salvador Allende and Fidel Castro chat to each other about revolution, imperialism, oligarchy, underdevelopment, cultural dependency and economics.
El Diálogo de América
1972
NRAfter providing a pictorial vision of Chile, from north to south, President Salvador Allende's tour of the following countries is recorded: Mexico, Algeria, USSR, USA and Cuba. In each place, scenes of welcoming demonstrations, official acts and typical archive notes are presented.
Chile, el gran desafío
1973
NRAfter providing a pictorial vision of Chile, from north to south, President Salvador Allende's tour of the following countries is recorded: Mexico, Algeria, USSR, USA and Cuba. In each place, scenes of welcoming demonstrations, official acts and typical archive notes are presented.
Chile, el gran desafío
1973
NRA documentary revolving around the 1972 crash of the plane carrying an Uruguayan rugby team; interviews with survivors and the families of victims.
The Andes's Odyssey
1976
6.4A film-truth document. It presents the life of Luis, a man who wanders the streets of the city, going to and from work, contemplating the windows of a world he can never have and that invite him to consume, to dream.
Morir un Poco
1967
6.4A film-truth document. It presents the life of Luis, a man who wanders the streets of the city, going to and from work, contemplating the windows of a world he can never have and that invite him to consume, to dream.
Morir un Poco
1967
6.4A film-truth document. It presents the life of Luis, a man who wanders the streets of the city, going to and from work, contemplating the windows of a world he can never have and that invite him to consume, to dream.
Morir un Poco
1967