writer and director ... Patricio Guzmán
photography and camera ... Katell Djian
sound recording ... Freddy González
original music ... Miranda y Tobar
assistant to the director (production) ... Cristóbal Vicente
assistant to the director (pre-production) ... Nicolás Lasnibat
assistant sound recording ... Rafael Huerta
editing ... Patricio Guzmán and Emmanuelle Joly
editorial supervisor ... Ewa Lenkiewicz
video editing, online, effects ... éric Salleron
efectos sala ... Marie-jeanne Wijckmans
sound editing and mix ... Damien Defays and J. Jacques Quinet
sound mix ... Jean-Jacques Quinet
astronomical photography ... Stéphane Guisard
additional images ... Patricio Guzmán and David Bravo
still photographs ... Cristóbal Vicente
credits ... Vincent Rovannet
artistic consultant ... Renate Sachse
collaborator, commentary text ... Sonia Moyersoen
commentary (voice) ... Patricio Guzmán
special thanks to
Michel Cassé
astrophysicist, writer, poet
for the title of the film, inspired by his book
Nostalgie de la Lumière : monts et merveilles de l'astrophysique
(éditions Belfond, 1987)
Rodrigo Vergara
Verónica Rosselot, Paula Allen,
Jacques Bidou, Marianne Dumoulin
Fred Wiseman, Cristián Leighton, Jacques Comets
Stan Neuman, Nicolas Philibert, éric Lagesse, Yann Diener
production manager ... Verónica Rosselot
assisted by ... Fernando Osorio, Elba Parra
support for developing the project ... Jennifer Walton, Antonino Ballestrazzi
administration ... Marie-France Augin, Andrea Obach, Fay Lady Vega González
transcription ... Marcela Perdomo and Pablo Rivas
transport ... Flaco Van and Juan Aguilar
producer ... Renate Sachse
assisted by ... Adrien Oumhani
coproducers ... Meike Martens, Cristóbal Vicente
commissioning editor WDR ... Jutta Krug
a coproduction of
Atacama Productions S.A.R.L (France)
Blinker Filmproduktion GmbH and WDR (Germany)
Cronomedia Ltda. (Chile)
with the participation of
Fonds Sud Cinéma
Ministère de la Culture et Communication CNC
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et Européennes de France
Région Île-de-France
Televisión Española TVE
Bourse d'aide à l'écriture Brouillon d'un Rêve SCAM
Sundance Documentary Fund
photos
Flowers in the Desert, de © Paula Allen
Beyond, de © Michael Benson
Images of the cosmos, courtesy of ESO y NASA
Images from the North, ©Humberto Ojeda, ©Guillermo Burgos, ©Ricardo Pereira Viale
archives and extracts
Hubble, 15 Years of Discovery, de Lars Lindberg Christensen © ESO
Ich bin, ich war, ich werde sein, de Heynowski & Scheumann © Progress
Fosa de Pisagüa, de © Pablo Salas y © Fernando Muñoz
musicians
Clarinet: Luis Rossi. Cuerdas: Hernán Muñoz, Natalia Cantillano, Julio Zapata, Celso López Marco álvarez. Harp: María Eugenia Villegas. Guitar and Cuatro: José Miguel Tobar. Piano: José Miguel Miranda. Duduk and Whistle: Randall Ledermann.
thanks
In Calama: Victoria Saavedra, Violeta Berríos, Angela Saavedra, Grimilda Sánchez, Silvia Noelia Tapia, Ana Luisa Yueng Pérez, María Isabel Sepúlveda, Mónica Muñoz, Rodrigo Letelier Saavedra, Carolina Pozo, Rubén Rojo, Paulina Illanes, Pablo Mansilla, Ximena Novoa, Italo Tello, Juan Díaz Miranda,
In Chacabuco: Luís Henríquez, María Schöne, Rolando álvarez. En San Pedro de Atacama: Lautaro Núñez, Víctor González Toro. En Vicuña: Aquiles Oróstegui, Carlos Oróstegui, Clara Rivera, Sonia Estay, Alberto Varas Vivanco, Mitzi Díaz Cortés. En Baquedano: Luis Miguel Saavedra.
Astronomers and technicians: María Teresa Ruiz, José Maza, Mariela Fajardo, Luis Lalo González Oscar Saa, Miguel Roth, Gaspar Galaz, George Preston, Leopoldo Infante, Eduardo Hardy Richard Malow, Michael West, Gonzalo Argandoña, Valentina Rodríguez, Hernán Julio Tania Rabesandratana, Juan Bautista Picetti, Pedro Gigoux, Manuel Paredes, Abel Barrera Pedro Ojeda.
In Santiago: Patricio Bustos, Gonzalo Maza, Alejandra Jiménez, Ana María Aravena, Mauricio Reyes, Iván Cáceres, Graciela Toro, Guillermo Orrego, Claudio Gómez, Jorge Montealegre, Manuel Cabieses, Tomás Moulian, Rolando álvarez.
In París: Luc Leclerc du Sablon, Yaël Fogiel, Estelle Fialon, Esther Hoffenberg, Arlette Gardner, Katie Henfrey, Camila Guzmán. En Madrid: Manuel Pérez Estremera, Jaime Boix Alicia Crespo, Andrea Guzmán.
Observatories: Cerro Calán (University of Chile), Las Campanas (Carnegie Institution), Cerro Tololo (AURA, NOAO, NSF), Géminis Sur (AURA, NOAO, NSF), La Silla y Paranal (ESO) Radiotelescope ALMA (ESO, NRAO, NAOJ, CALTECH).
Institutions: Agrupación de Familiares de Ejecutados y Detenidos Desaparecidos Políticos de Calama, Servicio Médico Legal de Santiago, Museo de Historia Natural, Museo Úlmenes de Baquedano, Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Colegio Parroquial Francisco Didier, CINTRAS, ILAS, ACHAYA.
post production facility: Avidia
music recording studios: Estudios Miranda & Tobar
sound editing facility: Studio 5/5
mixing studio: Studio 5/5 y Studio l'Equipe
telecine and prints: Eclair Laboratoires
les autres d'eclair: Eclair Laboratoires
subtitling: BB Com et LTI
insurance: Rubini & Associes
bank: Crédit Lyonnais
DTS Dolby Digital
© Atacama Productions (France)
Blinker Filmproduktion and WDR (Germany), Cronomedia (Chile)
2010