
The Pearl Button
2015 · Movie · NR · 82 min · ★ 6.9
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.
Also known as Le bouton de nacre
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-10-15
- Language
- Spanish
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 82 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (76 votes)
Themes
- indigenous
- concentration camp
- dictatorship
- chile
- genocide
- south america
- button
- colonialism
- british colonialism
- indigenous peoples
- colonization
- political prisoners
- +5 more
Awards & recognition
- Lumière Award — Best Documentary · 2016
- Platino Award — Best Documentary · 2016
- Silver Bear — Best Screenplay · 2015
Cast & crew

Patricio Guzmán
as Narrator (voice)
- MC
Martín G. Calderón
as Self
- GP
Gabriela Paterito
as Self

Gabriel Salazar
as Self
- CM
Claudio Mercado
as Self

Raúl Zurita
as Self
- CC
Cristina Calderón
as Self
- AB
Adil Brkovic
as Self

Javier Rebolledo
as Self
- JM
Juan Molina
as Self
Directed by Patricio Guzmán