The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic80/100
80 audience votes
Key crew
- José Miguel TobarOriginal Music Composer
- Miguel MirandaOriginal Music Composer
- Patricio GuzmánDirector
- Patricio GuzmánWriter
Cast
- Patricio GuzmánNarrator (voice)
- Martín G. CalderónSelf
- Gabriela PateritoSelf
- Gabriel SalazarSelf
- Claudio MercadoSelf
- Raúl ZuritaSelf
- Cristina CalderónSelf
- Adil BrkovicSelf
- Javier RebolledoSelf
- Juan MolinaSelf
- Emma MaligSelf (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
indigenousconcentration campdictatorshipchilecolonisationgenocidesouth americabuttoncolonialismbritish colonialismindigenous peoplesrelaxed