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The Cordillera of Dreams

La Cordillère des songes

2019

Patricio Guzmán

Documentary, Self: Jorge Baradit, Vicente Gajardo, Francisco Gazitúa, Pablo Salas

6.8

316

Documentary Patricio Guzmán left Chile more than 40 years ago when the military dictatorship took over the democratically-elected government, but he never stopped thinking about a country, a culture, and a place on the map that he never forgot. After covering the North in Nostalgia for the Light and the South in The Pearl Button, his shots get up-close with what he calls "the vast revealing backbone of Chile's past and recent history.

	Author	Review
United States	Jessica Kiang Variety	"A haunting and allusive exploration of the cultural impact of [Chile's] most spectacular geological feature: its snowcapped mountain spine"	POS
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"Drone shots are overused in movies, often predictably so; this sublime film, though, abounds in great, distinctive ones"	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] sadly falls short of expectations and makes a disappointing conclusion, if only in comparison to the other two films (...) Because in and of itself, it is a mournfully intelligent, poetic documentary	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This is rich and valuable testament to Chilean courage (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"Among Guzmán’s many triumphs, he has us internalize the power of the Cordillera (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
	Carlota Moseguí Cineuropa	"An ode to the geographical miracle of the Andes (...) [It] serves above all as a wake-up call to the new generations, urging them to give Chile back its happy childhood."	POS

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