Nostalgia for the Light

In Chile, at an altitude of three thousand meters, 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. While the astronomers examine the most distant galaxies in search of probable extraterrestrial life, at the foot of the observatories, women are digging through the desert soil in search of their disappeared relatives...
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Script: Patricio Guzman
Cinematography: Katell Djian
Editing: Patricio Guzman, Emmanuelle Joly
Sound: Freddy Gonzalez
Music: Miranda & Tobar
Production: Atacama Productions, France renate.sachse@wanadoo.fr, Blinker Filmproduktion & WDR (Germany), Cronomedia (Chile)
Producers: Renate Sachse
Format: HDCAM Color
Production Country: Chile-France-Spain-Germany
Production Year: 2010
Duration: 90
Contact: Pyramide International, France Paul Richer Τ. +33 1 4296 0220 F. +33 1 4020 0551 pricher@pyramidefilms.com www.pyramidefilms.com

Patricio Guzman

Filmography

Selected
1973 Primer ano/The First Year
1983 La Rosa de los vientos/The Compass Rose
1997 Chile, la memoria obstinada/Chile, Obstinate Memory
2001 Le Cas Pinochet/The Pinochet Case
2004 Salvador Allende
2010 Nostalgia de la luz/Nostalgia for the Light