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The Pearl Button

2015 · Movie · NR · 82 min · ★ 6.9

Documentary

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 AwardBest Documentary · 2016
  • Platino AwardBest Documentary · 2016
  • Silver BearBest Screenplay · 2015

Cast & crew

Directed by Patricio Guzmán