Hernán Correa
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Biography
Hernán Correa is known for Un viaje a Santiago (1960), Cabo de Hornos (1956) and Tres miradas a la calle (1957). Director, Documentalist, Photographer. He stands out not only as a filmmaker but as an activist in the defense and improvement of the legal conditions of Chilean cinema, and as a tireless globetrotter in his work of learning and incessant search for images. He has been cultivating photography since he was eighteen. He studied Civil Engineering at the Catholic University and between 1941 and 1942 he filmed the newsreel of the film industry.
Known For
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El Presidente de Chile en la Antártica
The film narrates the problems faced by a small group from the small imaginary town of Tunco that arrives in Santiago to ask their representative in parliament for the construction of a road to improve communication alternatives for the inhabitants of the southern hamlet.
Un viaje a Santiago
Examines the career and literary output of Pablo Neruda, who makes his home at Isla Negra on the coast of Chile. Includes views of Mr. Neruda reading many of his poems in the locales which inspired them.
I Am Pablo Neruda
Set in Santiago de Chile in the 50's and divided into three stories. The first story is about a young woman who has just discovered that she's pregnant. The father refuses to cooperate. The second story is set in Arica, and concerns smuggling in northern Chile. The third and final story, "Ojos de gato", concerns a cashier that is bewitched by a mysterious "Lady in Black".
Tres miradas a la calle
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Todos somos vecinos
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Antártida chilena
Report on the Santiago Zoo, located on San Cristóbal Hill. It is presented as a modern park, inaugurated in 1925. The focus then shifts to the zoo’s facilities and its main attractions, including the polar bear, seals, monkeys, and the beloved elephant Fresia.