The Pearl Button

2015, Documentary, 1h 22m

47 Reviews 250+ Ratings

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Deliberately paced yet hypnotically absorbing, The Pearl Button offers a poetic look at the wonders of the natural world -- and humanity's place among them. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán examines the link between Patagonian waterways and genocide.
  • Genre:
    Documentary
  • Original Language:
    Spanish
  • Director:
    Patricio Guzmán
  • Producer:
    Renate Sachse
  • Writer:
    Patricio Guzmán
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $39.6K
  • Runtime:
  • Distributor:
    Kino Lorber

Cast & Crew

Patricio Guzmán
Voice
Narrator
Raúl Zurita
Self
Patricio Guzmán
Director
Patricio Guzmán
Writer
Renate Sachse
Producer
Adrien Oumhani
Executive Producer
Katell Djian
Cinematographer
Emmanuelle Joly
Film Editor
Pamela Chamorro
Art Director
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  • Aug 06, 2015
    First film I viewed at the Melbourne International Film Festival of 2015, a beautifully shot and composed documentary, focusing on the primitive Chilean water landscapes and culture along the country's boarder/coast. A lot of great insight into the mystical understanding of this culture as well as how long it has survived up til modern times. Its big essential viewing on subjects I wouldn't have ever known, especially about Chile's past dealt with dark and intimidating historical stories that are really fascinating.
    Luke E Super Reviewer
  • Jul 19, 2015
    The rambling nature of Guzmán's poetic digressions makes this film frustrating despite his sensitive intentions, and so it seems more like a mixed bag of cheesy esoteric assertions about water and random musings on indigenous people, dictatorships, pearl buttons and supernovas.
    Carlos M Super Reviewer
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