Nostalgia for the Light

Name: Nostalgia de la luz
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-07-13
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez, Luís Henríquez

Original title: Nostalgia de la luz

20102010
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1h 30m

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A documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the r... Read allA documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet's regime.A documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet's regime.

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7.6/10

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- 9 wins & 20 nominations

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In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime. —Anonymous

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Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.

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[in Spanish, using English subtitles]
Gaspar Galaz - Astronomer: [voiceover] I am convinced that memory has a gravitational force. It is constantly attracting us. Those who have a memory are able to live in the fragile present moment. Those who have none don't live anywhere. Each night, slowly, impassively, the centre of the galaxy passes over Santiago.

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Edited into P.O.V.: Nostalgia for the Light (2012)

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10/10

A wonderful movie recommended by myETVmedia

This beautiful film will capture you emotionally, visually and intellectually. Patricio Guzmán's examination of light—its relationship to the past and what it illuminates of the future—is stunningly beautiful, insightful and very well shot. A scientist states early on in the film that there is no present only the past and future as the words he is forming with his mouth have already happened by the microsecond it takes for his voice to travel from his mouth to his subject's ears. It is this sort of abstract thought that permeates the films dialogue creating the mood.

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