The Pearl Button
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.
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Cast
11 people
Patricio Guzmán
Narrator (voice)
Also in
Moon Over Parador
Luc Moullet (et Patricio Guzmán) à Manosque III
Martín G. Calderón
Self
Gabriela Paterito
Self
Gabriel Salazar
Self
Claudio Mercado
Self
Raúl Zurita
Self
Also in
Spanish Affair 2
Golpes
Cristina Calderón
Self
Adil Brkovic
Self
Javier Rebolledo
Self
Juan Molina
Self
Emma Malig
Self (uncredited)
Patricio Guzmán Director · Miguel Miranda Composer José Miguel Tobar Composer
United States release October 23, 2015 · Produced in Chile, France, Spain, Switzerland · Production Ciné+, Mediapro
Production
France 3 Cinéma
Production
Ciné+
Production
Mediapro
Production
Atacama Productions
Production
Valdivia Film
Production
Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes
Production
CNC
Production
RTS
Production
France Télévisions
Production
WDR
Production
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Production
Radio Télévision Suisse
Production
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Production
Chile · France · Spain · Switzerland
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Languages
Original title
El botón de nácar
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Japan · October 9, 2015
Digital
Chile · October 15, 2015
Theatrical
United States · October 23, 2015
Limited theatrical · New York City
Brazil
July 14, 2016 · Theatrical
Denmark
November 19, 2015 · Theatrical
France
October 28, 2015 · Theatrical
Greece
December 10, 2015 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 14, 2016 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 13, 2016 · Physical · DVD
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