synopsis
This documentary essay, inspired by the radiance of the stars, is full of impressive images. Astronomers from around the world gather in the Atacama Desert to observe the universe, while a group of Chilean women look for their loved one’s bones in the same area. Guzmán looks at the victims of Pinochet’s dictatorship through a giant telescope lens, promoting the idea that looking out into the universe is the same as stepping back into the past.
biography
In his essays, Patricio Guzmán (1941), the well-known documentarist and founder of the film festival in Santiago de Chile, confronts human fate with the strength of natural elements. His film
The Pearl Button was previously screened in Jihlava (2015, Jihlava IDFF 2015).
more about film
| director: | Patricio Guzmán |
| producer: | Cristobal Vicente, Renate Sachse, Veronica Rosselot, Meike Martens |
| script: | Patricio Guzmán |
| photography: | Katell Djian |
| editing: | Patricio Guzmán, E. Joly |
| music: | Miranda & Tobar |
| sound: | F. Gonzalez |
contact
PYRAMIDE INTERNATIONAL / Ilaria Gomarasca / 5 rue du Chevalier de Saint-George / 75008 Paris / France / +33 1 42 96 02 20 / ilaria@pyramidefilms.com / www.pyramidefilms.com
Info
| director: | Patricio Guzmán |
| original title: | Nostalgie de la lumiere |
| country: | Austria, Chile, France, Spain |
| year: | 2010 |
| running time: | 90 min. |
