About the Event
The Cordillera of Dreams
Directed by Patricio Guzmán
(Chile, 2019, 85 min.)
Saturday, October 5, 7:00 pm
Hispanic Heritage Film Series
Winner of the Best Documentary award at the Cannes Film Festival, master filmmaker Patricio Guzmán’s The Cordillera of Dreams completes his trilogy (with Nostalgia for the Light and The Pearl Button) investigating the relationship between historical memory, political trauma, and geography in his native country of Chile. It centers on the imposing landscape of the Andes that run the length of the country’s Eastern border. At once protective and isolating, magisterial and indifferent, the Cordillera serves as an enigmatic focal point around which Guzmán contemplates the enduring legacy of the 1973 military coup d’état.
“Guzmán’s late-career trinity is a stunning achievement in the cinema of the hidden pattern and the startling, unexpected connection.” —Variety
“Deeply personal. In this poetic documentary, Patricio Guzmán mediates on the past and future of his home country via the mountains that close it off from the rest of the world.” —Sight & Sound
Discounted parking available in Founder’s Court lot, $6 flat fee, credit card required.
Free and open to the public.
