Should you watch Nostalgia for the Light?
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Nostalgia for the Light
Documentary · 2010
In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.
The sides of Nostalgia for the Light
- Astronomers in Chile's Atacama Desert
- Women searching the sand for their dead
- Pinochet's political prisoners
Nostalgia for the Light is good for you if…
- you like looking at the stars and thinking about where we come from.
- you like a quiet, patient film that leaves room to think.
- you want to understand how Chile lives with the Pinochet years.
Nostalgia for the Light is bad for you if…
- you can't face mothers still searching for the remains of their children.
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Spanish.
About: memory · grief · the cosmos · justice
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