The Pearl Button
Synopsis
This film tells Chile’s story with two buttons. The first, a small button taken from the seabed and fixed to the surface of a rusty rail. The only object bearing witness to the fate of one of the hundreds of missing pearls tied to a piece of iron and flung into the sea. The second, a pearl button gifted by Captain Fitzroy to Jimmy Button in 1830. Two buttons that explain the same story.
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Direction
Patricio Guzmán
Screenplay
Patricio Guzmán
Producers
MEDIAPRO, Atacama Productions
Genre
Documentary
Awards
Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Platino Award: Best Documentary Film
Ibero-American Film Award Fénix: Best Cinematography.
Festivals
Berlin International Film Festival 2015: Official Selection.
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2015: Horizontes Latinos.
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