The Pearl Button
The Pearl Button

Movie·2015·1h 22m

The Pearl Button

Country

Chile

Language

Spanish

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The Story

Original title: El botón de nácar

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.

Producer

Renate Sachse

Cinematography

Katell Djian

Music

José Miguel Tobar

Editor

Patricio Guzmán

Themes

indigenousconcentration campdictatorshipchilegenocidesouth americabuttoncolonialismbritish colonialismindigenous peoplescolonizationpolitical prisoners

Production House

France 3 Cinéma
Ciné+
Mediapro
Atacama Productions
Valdivia Film
Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes

Audience Score

69%

76 votes

Skip10%
Timepass23%
Go for it39%
Perfection28%

Where to watch

Region: US

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Cast

Patricio Guzmán

Patricio Guzmán

Narrator (voice)

Martín G. Calderón

Self

Gabriela Paterito

Self

Gabriel Salazar

Gabriel Salazar

Self

Claudio Mercado

Self

Raúl Zurita

Raúl Zurita

Self

Cristina Calderón

Self

Adil Brkovic

Self

Javier Rebolledo

Javier Rebolledo

Self

Juan Molina

Self

Emma Malig

Self (uncredited)

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Crew

José Miguel Tobar

Original Music Composer

Miguel Miranda

Original Music Composer

Patricio Guzmán

Patricio Guzmán

Director, Writer, Editor

Emmanuelle Joly

Editor

Renate Sachse

Producer

Katell Djian

Katell Djian

Director of Photography

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