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The Pearl Button (2015) - film poster, directed by Patricio Guzmán

The Pearl Button

2015
82 min Chile Feature
Directed by
Patricio Guzmán
Not currently streaming on CaSTV

Synopsis

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.

Key facts

Original language Spanish
Awards Silver Bear for Best Screenplay, Platino Award for Best Documentary, Lumière Award for Best Documentary

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The Pearl Button

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Titles
Original title EL BOTÓN DE NÁCAR Spanish
Alternate title Le Bouton de nacre
Alternate title The Pearl Button
Versions & editions
Original version (Spanish)
Identifiers & sources
Wikidata Q18959449
IMDb tt4377864
TMDB 319994
CQ 106844

Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)

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