Raúl Zurita

LE BOUTON DE NACRE est une histoire sur l’eau, le Cosmos et nous. Elle part de deux mystérieux boutons découverts au fond de l’Océan Pacifique, près des côtes chiliennes aux paysages surnaturels de volcans, de montagnes et de glaciers. A travers leur histoire, nous entendons la parole des indigènes de Patagonie, celle des premiers navigateurs anglais et celle des prisonniers politiques. Certains disent que l’eau a une mémoire. Ce film montre qu’elle a aussi une voix.

An account of the experiences by poet and National Literature Award laureate Raúl Zurita, during his travels and his daily life, as he reflects on topics such as state terrorism and death

Golpes is a film that revisits the attack by the Chilean army to the Government Palace (La Moneda) in Santiago, Chile during the coup d'etat on September 11, 1973. Through images that document the palace and its surroundings, bullet marks on nearby walls, and the Atacama desert as a container of a history of disappearances and murders committed by the state, the film draws connections between the army from 1973 and the police force that guards the existing ideals inside La Moneda. The sound and the images are placed in hi-contrast as the boiling discontent outside this building becomes louder

Portrait of the Chilean poet Stella Díaz Varín (1926 -2006), who was called “La colorina” because of her red hair. Anarchist, communist, agitator, boxer, grandmother, alcoholic — the first punk in history, as it were. Based on accounts of fellow-travelers.

After 20 years of exile, Aron returns to Chile to find out who he is. He asks questions, not only of those who stayed behind but also of himself, examining his relationship with his past and his own memory. The people who stayed lived through 20 years of dictatorship. They were either victims or executioners. Amidst this wreckage, Aron wonders what name his brother is using now, where his father is... Can he, in Isol's arms and through her love, find his way again ? What future awaits him? Like Mola the torturer, he has returned from an impossible journey, and Aron knows that each man is his own executioner. Shipwreck and resurrection are the two facets of a complex truth.

Daily interviews discussing the guest's personal lives and national contingency.