Nostalgia de la luz

Nostalgia de la luz

Berlinale

BERLINALE 2015: EL BOTÓN DE NÁCAR (THE PEARL BUTTON) BY PATRICIO GUZMÁN

By Tara Judah

Patricio Guzmán has been literally digging up atrocities buried in Chilean history for decades. His films give a voice to some of the world’s most heinous, silenced crimes. The first time I saw La batalla de Chile (Part 1 1975, Part 2 1976, Part 3 1979), The Pinochet Case (2001), and Salvadore Allende (2004) I was horrified by the extent of the crimes and floored by how little I knew of them.

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