El botón de nácar / Le bouton de nacre

The Pearl Button
Director
Patricio Guzmán
Country
France, Chile, Spain
Year
2013
Genre
Documentary
Scriptwriters
Patricio Guzmán
Production
Atacama Productions LTD

Storyline

It is the second part of a trilogy that started with Nostalgia de la Luz (about the desert) and will end with a documentary about The Andes.

The Pearl Button is a documentary film that tells two stories linked by two small buttons found in the ocean. Two true stories that go beyond the "official history".

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Berlin International Film Festival 2015
Competition
Awarded: Silver Bear for Best Script (Patricio Guzmán), Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2015
Horizontes Latinos
BFI London Film Festival 2015
Documentary Competition
Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) 2016
Focus on Chile

Lumière Awards 2016
Nominated to best documentary
César 2016
Nominated to best documentary

Releases

Spain (12 of February 2016)