Plot Summary

The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Water receives impetus from the stars and transmits it to living creatures. Water, the longest border in Chile, also holds the secret of two mysterious buttons which were found on its ocean floor. Chile, with its 2,670 miles of coastline and the largest archipelago in the world, presents a supernatural landscape. In it are volcanoes, mountains and glaciers. In it are the voices of the Patagonian Indigenous people, the first English sailors and also those of its political prisoners. Some say that water has memory. This film shows that it also has a voice.

Movie Details

Original Title
El botón de nácar
Status
released
Original Language
es

Where to watch free (US)

Kanopy

Production Companies

France 3 Cinéma logoFrance 3 Cinéma
Ciné+ logoCiné+
Mediapro logoMediapro
Atacama Productions
Valdivia Film
Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes logoConsejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes