Movie

Valparaiso

★ 7.0(58)196427m

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Director: Joris Ivens
Release date: 1964-08-31
Runtime: 27m
Language: French
Status: Released
Country: Chile
Studio: Argos films

About Valparaiso

Valparaiso is a 1964 movie in the Documentary genre, directed by Joris Ivens, starring Roger Pigaut. It has a runtime of 27 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.0/10 from 58 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Valparaiso in Mexico — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

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.