After "Nostalgia de la Luz" (2010, also to be seen at filmfriend!), "The Pearl Button" is the second part of Patricio Guzmán's documentary trilogy about the history of Chile. "The Pearl Button" tells the story of Chile as a cultural history of water and the Pacific Ocean, which makes up most of Chile's national borders. It tells of the indigenous population who, as a nation of seafarers, had a particularly close relationship with the water, tracing an arc from their extinction and the loss of their cultural treasures to the dead of the military dictatorship who were dumped in the sea by Pinochet's regime. The continuity of violence in Chile's history contrasts with the breathtaking images of the Chilean landscape. The film received multiple prestigious awards, including: - Silver Bear for Best Script and Ecumenical Award at Berlinale 2015; - Grand Prix, Docs against Gravity (Warsaw); - Best Film as well as the Audience Award, Biografilm Festival Bologna - The Ostrovsky Award for Best Documentary Film, Jerusalem Film Festival - Humanity Prize, Sao Paulo Intl Film Festival - Film Critics Award, Vilnius Film Festival 2016