Álvaro J. Covacevich

出生 : 1933-11-03, Santiago, Chile

略歴

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 and Fidel Castro. For a long time his tapes were incomplete due to the repression and political persecution following the 1973 coup in Chile. And it was precisely at that time that he decided to leave the country and settle in Mexico, where he still lives, although he always remains connected to Chilean life. In fact, he is one of the inspirers of the project to create the Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, inaugurated by President Ricardo Lagos at the end of his mandate.

参加作品

Chile, el gran desafío
Editor
After 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
Screenplay
After 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
Director
After 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.
El Diálogo de América
Director
In November 1971, Salvador Allende and Fidel Castro chat to each other about revolution, imperialism, oligarchy, underdevelopment, cultural dependency and economics.
New Love
Original Music Composer
New 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
Screenplay
New 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
Director
New 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.
Morir un Poco
Music
A 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
Producer
A 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
Writer
A 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
Director
A 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.