Nostalgia for the Light

2010 · Patricio Guzmán

Nostalgia for the Light Nostalgia de la luz France, Germany, Chile 2010 90 Min Color 1.85:1 French DIR Patricio Guzmán PROD Meike Martens, Renate Sachse DP Katell Djian ED Emmanuelle Joly, Patricio Guzmán SOUND Freddy González Cannes (Special Screening), MIFF (Our Spaces), San Sebastian (Horizontes Latinos), Toronto (Masters), Abu Dhabi (Documentary Competition), São Paulo (International Perspective) Synopsis In Chile, at three thousand metres altitude, astronomers from all over the world gather together in the Atacama desert to observe the stars. The desert sky is so translucent that it allows them to see right to the boundaries of the universe. It is also a place where the harsh heat of the sun keeps human remains intact: those of the mummies, explorers and miners. But also the remains of the dictatorshipâs political prisoners. Whilst the astronomers examine the most distant galaxies in search of probable extraterrestrial life, at the foot of the observatories a group of women are digging through the desert soil in search of their disappeared relativesâ¦