WINNER - Best Documentary Film
( Nostalgia for the Light / Nostalgia de la luz )
Gulf Premiere
In Chile’s Atacama Desert, 3,000
meters above sea level, astronomers
from around the world take advantage
of a sky so clear it allows them to see
to the very boundaries of the known
universe. Meanwhile, at the foot of
the observatory, women dig through
the soil in search of the “disappeared'
victims of Pinochet’s regime, their
remains mummified by the hot, dry
climate. In
Nostalgia for the Light,
director Patricio Guzmán once again
exhumes Chile’s past, contrasting those
looking out toward the stars with those
sifting through the reminders of a
bloody past.
Director: Patricio Guzmán
Chile, Germany, France |
Spanish
2010 |
90min.