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2010 · Chile, France, Germany

Nostalgia for the Light

Tonight at a glance

Runtime
93 min
Language
Spanish
Country
Chile, France, Germany

Why tonight?

  • Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
  • In Spanish — subtitles on.

The story

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.

  • chile
  • astronomer
  • genocide
  • desert
  • astronomy
  • archeology
  • political prisoners

The bill

Production

Rating
7.4 / 10 · 173 ratings
Studio
Blinker Filmproduktion, Atacama Productions, Cronomedia, WDR