Samsara
classified U SPlease note: This was screened in Feb 2024
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Berlinale 2023, this luminous and assured third feature from Lois Patiño is a rumination on death and reincarnation, and a spellbinding work of cinema that demands to be seen on the big screen.
Samsara is the Buddhist cycle of death and reincarnation. From the temples of Laos, alongside with teenage monks, we will accompany a soul in its transit from one body to another, using the words of the Tibetan Book of the Dead as our guide to avoid getting lost in the afterlife. A luminous and sonorous journey that will lead us to reincarnate on the beaches of Zanzibar, where groups of women work in seaweed farms.
An immersive experience that the viewer experiences partially with eyes closed, this is shapeshifting voyage we can't wait for you to embark on.