Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
- Original title
- Nostalgia de la luz
- Directed by
- Patricio Guzmán
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Chile, France
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- Κ
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 169 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary connects astronomers looking at stars to women searching for remains of relatives killed under Pinochet's dictatorship. The film shows how both groups seek to understand the past through layers of time and dust.
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What happens
Nostalgia for the Light (Spanish: Nostalgia de la luz) is a 2010 documentary film by Patricio Guzmán to address the lasting impacts of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. Guzmán focuses on the similarities between astronomers researching humanity's past, in an astronomical sense, and the struggle of many Chilean women who still search, after decades, for the remains of their relatives executed during the dictatorship. Patricio Guzmán narrates the documentary himself and the documentary includes interviews and commentary from those affected and from astronomers and archeologists. As a filmmaker, Patricio Guzmán's filmography has focused mostly on the political and social issues that have plagued Chile. He explored Chile under Salvador Allende and his government (Salvador Allende, 2004), and Pinochet's dictatorship and his human rights abuses (see Batalla de Chile (The Battle of Chile trilogy, 1975-1979), Le cas Pinochet (The Pinochet Case, 2001), and others; the latter film deals more so with the aftermath of those human rights abuses). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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