Nostalgia for the Light

Name: Nostalgia for the Light
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2010-10-27
Duration: 93 min
Cast: George Preston, Gaspar Galaz, Victor Gonzalez, Violeta Berrios, Lautaro Núñez

Astronomers and Archaeologists - Two sides of the same coin

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10/27/2010

Runtime

93 mins

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Documentary

Overview

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.

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Original Language

Spanish

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A meditative documentary that juxtaposes two kinds of searching in the Atacama Desert, astronomers looking backward through time to understand the universe's origins, and women excavating the earth to recover traces of disappeared loved ones. It's a profound meditation on how we reckon with loss, whether cosmic or intimate.