Synopsis

In 1962 Joris Ivens was invited to Chile for teaching and filmmaking. Together with students he made …À Valparaiso, 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.

Main Cast

Roger Pigaut

Narrator (voice)

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Joris Ivens
	Assistant Director	Sergio Bravo
Production	Producer	Philippe Lifchitz Anatole Dauman
	Production Manager	Luis Cornejo
	Production Assistant	Fernando Bellet
Editing	Editor	Jean Ravel
Writing	Screenplay	Chris Marker
Camera	Director of Photography	Georges Strouvé
	First Assistant Camera	Patricio Guzmán Campos
Sound	Original Music Composer	Gustavo Becerra
	Conductor	Georges Delerue
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