“Guzmán’s late-career trinity is a stunning achievement in the cinema of the hidden pattern and the startling, unexpected connection.” (Variety)

Master filmmaker Patricio Guzmán completes his trilogy (with Nostalgia for the Light and The Pearl Button) with this poetic investigation of the relationship between historical memory, political trauma, and geography in his native Chile. Centering on the imposing Andes Mountains, which both protect and isolate the country, Guzmán contemplates the enduring legacy of the 1973 military coup d’état in which Augusto Pinochet seized power. Unflinching in its presentation of contemporary Chile, The Cordillera of Dreams looks toward the possibilities of political change by linking the ideological struggles of the past with the inequalities of the present.

Winner, L’Oeil d’Or for best documentary, Cannes.