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The Pearl Button
The Pearl Button
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The Pearl Button

Original Title: El botón de nácar

2015
1h 22m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

2015

Runtime

1h 22m

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Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 22m
Oct 15, 2015
Digital Release
Oct 9, 2015
Languages
Spanish
Director
Patricio Guzmán
Patricio Guzmán
Production
France 3 Cinéma
France 3 Cinéma
Ciné+
Ciné+
Mediapro
Mediapro
Atacama Productions
Atacama Productions
Valdivia Film
Valdivia Film
Production Countries
Chile
France
Spain
Switzerland

Top Cast

11 Cast Members

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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