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85 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

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  • Summary: Patricio Guzmán travels to Chile’s Atacama Desert where astronomers examine distant galaxies, and women dig for the remains of relatives. (Icarus Films)

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Amy Biancolli
    May 12, 2011
    100
    Nostalgia for the Light is a strange and stunning work of art: a poem disguised as a movie about astronomers in the Atacama desert of Chile.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    Mar 17, 2011
    90
    The film's passionate insistence on remembrance lends it a moral as well as a metaphysical weight. Mr. Guzmán's belief in eternal memory is an astounding leap of faith.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    Apr 21, 2011
    90
    A film of rare visual poetry that's simultaneously personal, political and philosophical, it's a genuine art film that's also unpretentious and easygoing.

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  1. joregano
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A Documentary that shows constructs a very effective combination, Patricio Guzmán's great work It has a great argument of support, a documentary that is not done by facility, is really good, is the type of documentary that we we all wanted to do… Expand
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