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Arcana

Chile
2005, 96min.

Script/Dir./ Dir. of Phot./Prod.: Cristobal Vicente, Compos.: Carlos Canales, Toto Alvarez, Sound: Mario Diaz, Rafael Huerta, Cristobal Vicente, Edit.: Cristobal Vicente, Carlos Klein.

This film presnts a record of the last working year of the old prison of Valparaiso, which closed in 1999. It is a homage to the prison and to the values and customs of the men, who have secretly lived within it during its 150 year history.

Vicente, Cristobal

Cristobal Vicente
Born 1975, Vina del Mar, Chile.
In 1994-2000 studied arcitecture on the Catholic Univesity of Valparaiso and at the same time, in 1998-99 – direction of photography, with the Chilean master Hector Rios. He debuted with Ultramarino, a work that combines poetry, music video, based on the work and life of three poets of Valparaiso in the 1900’s, and then he begun the Arcana project and creating a film, a book and a web site.

Filmography
Ultramarino (1997), Arcana (2005).

SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

The European Cultural Foundation