
Buenos Aires al Pacífico
Documentary · History
Overview
There was once, in 1910, a train able to cross the wild territories between Argentina and Chile, making possible a mythical journey, joining two oceans with a single ticket, from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso. The last trip of the BAP was in 1979; in the nineties, its various branches were permanently abandoned. Since then, travelers have been inhabiting the railway landscape as they dream, desire, remember or yearn: as part of their own being and national history.
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Manuel Alonso
Manuel Alonso
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Manuel Alonso
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Mariano Donoso
Mariano Donoso
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Mariano Donoso
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Mariana Guzzante
Mariana Guzzante
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Mariana Guzzante
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Marciano Cruz
Marciano Cruz
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Marciano Cruz
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Julia Donoso
Julia Donoso
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Julia Donoso
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Tomás Donoso
Tomás Donoso
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Tomás Donoso
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Néstor Flores
Néstor Flores
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Néstor Flores
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Christian Kupchik
Christian Kupchik
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Christian Kupchik
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Griselda Makowski
Griselda Makowski
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Griselda Makowski
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Mario Ortiz
Mario Ortiz
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Mario Ortiz
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