One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train (1988)

"Tells the story of a group of Chilean children who discover a larger reality and a different world through the cinema. Each Saturday, Alicia Vega transforms the chapel of Lo Hermida into a... See full summary »

Director:

Ignacio Agüero

Writer:

Ignacio Agüero

Star:

Alicia Vega

4 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Alicia Vega	...	Self

Storyline

"Tells the story of a group of Chilean children who discover a larger reality and a different world through the cinema. Each Saturday, Alicia Vega transforms the chapel of Lo Hermida into a film screening room as she conducts a workshop for children under the auspices of the Catholic church. The hundred or so children involved had never seen a movie, and in the workshop they see and learn about the cinema: photograms and moving images, projection, camera angles and movement, film genres, and much more. And they watch movies: Chaplin, Disney, Lamorisse's 'The Red Balloon,' the Lumieres' 'The Arrival of the Train to the Station.' Finally, each child designs his own film with drawings. And then, for the first time in most of their lives, the children got to the movies in downtown Santiago." [from the video container]

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Plot Keywords:

teaching | workshop | cinema | church | marginality | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Alicia spent 30 years doing this workshop, until 2015; It reached approximately 6,500 boys and girls and in 2019 it was nominated for the National Award for Performing and Audiovisual Arts, which was finally won by Ramón Griffero.

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Connections

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User Reviews

A documentary for future film makers

If you wanna know why it will be great to make a movie the children in this movie will tell you. Seeing the looks on their faces when they watch films of the Lumiere brothers or Charlie Chaplin is the best feeling you could ever experience sitting in your home watching a foreign documentary.

Details

Official Sites:

Chilean Cinema Official Site

Country:

Chile UK

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

1 June 1990 (Japan)

Also Known As:

100人の子供たちが列車を待っている

Filming Locations:

Santiago de Chile, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile

Company Credits

Production Co:

Channel Four, Ignacio Agüero & Asociados, Valcine S.A.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

55 min

Color:

Black and White Color