The Cordillera of Dreams (2019)

Original title

La cordillera de los sueños

Directed by

Patricio Guzmán

Genre

documentary film

Country

Chile, France

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

12A

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Patricio Guzmán reflects on Chile's history and his own memories by looking at the Andes mountain range. He talks to artists and writers about how the mountains shape the country's identity.

contemplativemelancholicmeditativepersonalreflectivevisually poeticslow-pacednostalgic

What happens

The Cordillera of Dreams (Spanish: La cordillera de los sueños / French: La Cordillère des songes) is a 2019 Chilean-French documentary film directed by Patricio Guzmán. It is considered the third installment in a trilogy of films by Guzmán about his native country, Chile, alongside Nostalgia for the Light (2010) and The Pearl Button (2015). The film was nominated for Best Documentary Film at the 45th César Awards, being the second nomination for Guzmán in this category after The Pearl Button in 2016. The film was selected as the Chilean entry for Best Iberoamerican Film at the 36th Goya Awards, later receiving the nomination. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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