Nostalgia For The Light

Patricio Guzmán

2010 Documentary France, Germany, Chile 90 minutes
Nostalgia For The Light
In Chile, at three thousand metres altitude, astronomers from all over the world gather together in the Atacama desert to observe the stars. The desert sky is so translucent that it allows them to see right to the boundaries of the universe. It is also a place where the harsh heat of the sun keeps human remains intact : those of the mummies, explorers and miners. But also the remains of the dictatorship's political prisoners. Whilst the astronomers examine the most distant galaxies in search of probable extraterrestrial life, at the foot of the observatories a group of women are digging through the desert soil in search of their disappeared relatives...
Directed by : Patricio Guzmán
Release date: 22 December 2010
Genre: Documentary

 

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