El País de mi padre

In 2002 Carmen Castillo returned to Chile and did a memory exercise centred on the life of her father Fernando Castillo Velasco former rector of Universidad Católica de Chile and Premio Nacional de Arquitectura 1983 This film tells the story of this return centred on the desire to get closer to the mystery of the life and work of an enlightened man It is the time for a memory not an expeditious biography Fernando recounts excerpts from his life his work as an architect university rector and mayor of La Reina From the Fifth the place of childhood he remembers with sincerity and simplicity Like a watchman like a lighthouse he illuminates our present like a compass shows us the way to build a world where affection and social justice prevail