Nostalgia for the Light (Nostalgia de la luz) (2010)

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Nostalgia for the Light is an amazing documentary narrating & intermingling the astronomy & pain of the missing ones together in Chile's people.

In Chile Atacama "zero humidity" desert where hundreds of astronomers all around the world are gathered to peak deep into the space to unravel the mystery of origins, scores of people are sifting through the sand of the deserts to find the re... read more

Description: In Chile, at three thousand metres altitude, astronomers from all over the world gather together in the Atacama desert to observe the stars. The desert sky is so translucent that it allows them to see right to the boundaries of the universe. It is also a place where the harsh heat of the sun keeps human remains intact : those of the mummies, explorers and miners. But also the remains of the dictatorship's political prisoners. Whilst the astronomers examine the most distant galaxies in search of probable extraterrestrial life, at the foot of the observatories a group of women are digging through the desert soil in search of their In Chile, at three thousand metres altitude, astronomers from all over the world gather together in the Atacama desert to observe the stars. The desert sky is so translucent that it allows them to see right to the boundaries of the universe. It is also a place where the harsh heat of the sun keeps human remains intact : those of the mummies, explorers and miners. But also the remains of the dictatorship's political prisoners. Whilst the astronomers examine the most distant galaxies in search of probable extraterrestrial life, at the foot of the observatories a group of women are digging through the desert soil in search of their disappeared relatives. ... (more) (less)