La Escala

La Escala

1964 · 13 min · Fantasy, Drama

Experimental film by Aldo Francia that consists in diverse situations through the 123 steps of the Santa Justina staircase in the Cerro Larraín of Valparaíso.

Directed by Aldo Francia · Written by Celia Münchmeyer

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Many socially-concerned priests in Catholic Latin America have at some time left their parish churches to go and work in the fields and factories of the poor. Such priests, usually adherents of "liberation theology," are called "worker-priests." This Chilean film tells the story of how one man became a "worker-priest" and won the trust of the poor.

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Valparaiso My Love

Valparaiso My Love · 1969

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A story inspired by real events that took place in the port of Valparaiso. Four poor children have been abandoned because their father, who is out of work, steals cattle to feed them and the police have arrested him. The story takes up the children's point of view and is structured in four episodes that describe their inevitable descent into the world of marginality and crime. Faced with life in a brutal way, from their problematic social situation, they head towards a marginality that is difficult to avoid.

Solo

Unfinished film made by Aldo Francia in 1966. It tells the story of a solitary subject who walks the streets of Valparaíso.

Carnaval

Carnaval · 1960

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Anthropological record with aspects of this festival, when it did not yet have the subsequent production levels.

Baile de los Chinos

Baile de los Chinos · 1961

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On the Day of the Dead · 1961

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A counterpoint between what happens in a Parisian cemetery and in the Latin quarter of the same city.

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A tour of one of the most famous districts of Paris, marked by the passage of umbrellas, especially a red one that seems to be the protagonist of the short film.

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