Nostalgia for the Light

The arid Atacama Desert houses both stargazers charting cosmic dawn and women pawing through sand for the bones of Pinochet’s disappeared. This juxtaposition of science and memory asks which light restores the past. The desert itself becomes the film’s enduring witness.

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Patricio Guzmán directed Nostalgia for the Light in 2010. See Patricio Guzmán's full filmography, where to start with Patricio Guzmán, or where to go after you've seen everything by Patricio Guzmán.

Nostalgia for the Light was released in 2010 (ES original-language production), with a runtime of 93 minutes.