Nostalgia for the Light

IMDb link: 1556190
IMDb rating: 7.6 (6,552 votes)
Genres: Documentary
Director: Patricio Guzman
Cast: Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Nunez, Luis Henriquez and others

Release date: 17 Mar 2011
Release year: 2010
Runtime: 90 minutes
Country: France, Germany, Chile, Spain
Keywords: desert, chile, atacama desert chile, astronomer, political prisoner, history of chile, chile northern, atacama desert, military dictatorship, prison camp

Plot:

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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