NOSTALGIA DE LA LUZ
France/Germany/Chile/Spain
2010
90 minutes
Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán travels to the Atacama desert, in Chile, to trace the connections between its role both as a centre for international astronomy and a symbol of the ruthless repression of Pinochet's regime. Not so much a documentary as a quietly thought-provoking, filmic essay on history and memory. Occasionally poetic, always very beautiful to look at and extraordinarily accessible.
Directed by Patricio Guzmán; produced by Renate Sachse; written by Mr. Guzmán, with the collaboration of Sonia Moyersoen; music by José Miguel Miranda and José Miguel Tobar; director of photography (Eclair), Katell Djian; film editors, Mr. Guzmán and Emmanuelle Joly.
An Atacama Productions presentation of an Atacama Productions/Blinker Filmproduktion/WDR/Cronomedia co-production; with the collaboration of Fonds Sud Cinéma, Ministère de la Culture et Communication - Centre National de la Cinématographie et de l'Image Animée, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et Européennes, Région Île-de-France; and the participation of TVE. (World sales, Pyramide International.)
Screened: DocLisboa 2010 advance DVD screener, Lisbon, October 17th 2010.
2010
90 minutes
Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán travels to the Atacama desert, in Chile, to trace the connections between its role both as a centre for international astronomy and a symbol of the ruthless repression of Pinochet's regime. Not so much a documentary as a quietly thought-provoking, filmic essay on history and memory. Occasionally poetic, always very beautiful to look at and extraordinarily accessible.
Directed by Patricio Guzmán; produced by Renate Sachse; written by Mr. Guzmán, with the collaboration of Sonia Moyersoen; music by José Miguel Miranda and José Miguel Tobar; director of photography (Eclair), Katell Djian; film editors, Mr. Guzmán and Emmanuelle Joly.
An Atacama Productions presentation of an Atacama Productions/Blinker Filmproduktion/WDR/Cronomedia co-production; with the collaboration of Fonds Sud Cinéma, Ministère de la Culture et Communication - Centre National de la Cinématographie et de l'Image Animée, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et Européennes, Région Île-de-France; and the participation of TVE. (World sales, Pyramide International.)
Screened: DocLisboa 2010 advance DVD screener, Lisbon, October 17th 2010.
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