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)