The Pearl Button
Director Patricio Guzmán
Countries Chile, France, Spain
Duration 82 min
Synopsis
The ocean contains the history of all humanity. Chile, with its 2,670 miles of coastline and the largest archipelago in the world, presents a supernatural landscape. In it are volcanoes, mountains and glaciers. In it are the voices of the Patagonian Indigenous people, the first English sailors and its political prisoners. Some say that water has memory. This film shows that it also has a voice.
The ocean contains the history of all humanity. Chile, with its 2,670 miles of coastline and the largest archipelago in the world, presents a supernatural landscape. In it are volcanoes, mountains and glaciers. In it are the voices of the Patagonian Indigenous people, the first English sailors and its political prisoners. Some say that water has memory. This film shows that it also has a voice.