The Pearl Button (2015)
El botón de nácar (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 1h 22min
- Documentary
- 10 Oct 2015 (Japan)
- Movie
Delving into the nearly-religious significance of water, this profound rumination on memory and loss bridges the gap between its mystical origins, Pinochet's coup d'état, and the secret of a mother-of-pearl button at the bottom of the sea.
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- 11 wins & 11 nominations.
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Cristina | ... |
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| Patricio Guzmán | ... |
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Ema Malig | ... |
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Gabriela Paterito | ... |
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Gabriel Salazar Vergara | ... |
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Raúl Zurita | ... |
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Directed by
| Patricio Guzmán | ||
Written by
| Patricio Guzmán | ... | (concept) |
Produced by
| Bruno Bettati | ... | co-producer |
| Marisa Fernández Armenteros | ... | associate producer |
| Eva Garrido | ... | associate producer |
| Nicolas Lasnibat | ... | line producer |
| Fernando Lataste | ... | co-producer |
| Adrien Oumhani | ... | executive producer |
| Jaume Roures | ... | co-producer (as Jaume Roures Llop) |
| Renate Sachse | ... | producer |
Music by
| Hughes Maréchal | ||
| Miguel Miranda | ||
| José Miguel Tobar | ||
Cinematography by
| Katell Djian | ||
Editing by
| Patricio Guzmán | ||
| Emmanuelle Joly | ||
Editorial Department
| Janusz Baranek | ... | assistant editor |
| Annie Pierre | ... | co-assistant editor |
| Jean Charles Weber | ... | post production technician |
| Pablo Polo | ... | Mastering DCP (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
| Pamela Chamorro | ||
Production Management
| Verónica Rosselot | ... | production manager: Chili |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Nicolas Lasnibat | ... | first assistant director |
Sound Department
| Jean-Jacques Quinet | ... | sound mixer |
| Álvaro Silva Wuth | ... | sound |
Visual Effects by
| Sophie Denize | ... | visual effects producer |
| Manon Le Bas | ... | vfx project manager |
| William Untereiner | ... | visual effects artist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| David Bravo | ... | additional cinematography |
| Yves de Peretti | ... | additional cinematography |
| Katell Djian | ... | camera operator |
| Paz Errázuriz | ... | still photographer |
| Patricio Gianfranco | ... | additional cinematography |
| Martín Gusinde | ... | still photographer |
| Patricio Guzmán | ... | additional cinematography |
| Raúl Veas | ... | additional cinematography |
Additional Crew
| Andrés Bueno | ... | production coordinator: Mediapro |
| Nicolas Lasnibat | ... | researcher |
| Francis Ouellette | ... | distribution: Canada |
| Michaela Rothmund | ... | risk management |
| Renate Sachse | ... | artistic advisor |
Thanks
| Raúl Zurita | ... | thanks |
Production Companies
- Atacama Productions (co-production)
- Valdivia Film (co-production)
- Mediapro (co-production)
- France 3 Cinéma (co-production)
- France Télévisions (participation)
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (participation)
- Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes (participation)
- Ciné+ (participation)
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (participation)
- Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) (participation)
- Generalitat de Catalunya - Departament de Cultura
- Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)
- Programa Ibermedia
- SCAM
- Sundance Institute
Distributors
- Cinéart (2015) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Festival Films / Yedra Films (2015) (Spain) (theatrical)
- I Wonder Pictures (2015) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Kino Lorber (2015) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Pyramide Distribution (2015) (France) (theatrical)
- Real Fiction (2015) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Uplink (2015) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Midas Filmes (2016) (Portugal)
- Moving Turtle (2015) (Lebanon) (Middle East & North Africa)
- Pyramide Vidéo (2016) (France) (DVD)
- Twin Pics (2016) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- good movies! (2016) (Germany) (DVD)
- trigon-film (2015) (Switzerland) (Special DVD edition)
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Storyline
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The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Water receives impetus from the stars and transmits it to living creatures. Water, the longest border in Chile, also holds the secret of two mysterious buttons which were found on its ocean floor. 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 also those of its political prisoners. Some say that water has memory. This film shows that it also has a voice. |
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