The Atacama Desert in Chile is characterized by an almost complete lack of moisture and is therefore ideal for astronomers who study the ancient history of our world. And in the Atacama Desert, Chilean women are looking for their relatives who were buried there during the Pinochet regime, which the director calls exclusively the Dictator.
Several facts in 3 years the regime of Salvador Allende brought the economy of Chile to grips, his seizure of land and the nationalization of factories led to annual inflation at 600% per annum. Over the years of Allende’s rule, more than 500 opponents of his regime went missing. Augusto Pinochet made Chile's economy almost the strongest in South America, during the years of his rule were executed (according to his opponents, dissidents) about 3,000 people. So this whole story is a lot of unfair black PR leftists.
The film’s director, Patricio Guzman, was almost an official documentarian of Allende, fled to France (not to Cuba or the USSR) and from there fought Pinochet, even after his death. For example, stories about the astronomical circle in Pinochet concentration camps. During the day there were lectures, and at night they watched with their own handmade devices behind the stars.
But the space footage is beautiful. This movie is worth watching.