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The Seen and Unseen

The Seen and Unseen

7,1 /10 (14 Votes)
2018 ID 86 min

Overview

Tantra and Tantri are inseparable. When they secretly steal eggs from the family’s sacrificial offering, Tantri always gets the whites and Tantra the yolks. One day, however, the yolk is missing, as is Tantra. Her brother gravely ill and in hospital, Tantri starts slipping into magical parallel worlds, approaching the inevitable farewell through costumes, body paint and dance. When at one point Tantri’s mother washes the paint from her face, it is as if tenderly to expel the illusion that things can remain as they are. In long dream sequences and against the background of the Balinese philosophy of sekala – the seen – and niskala – the unseen – Andini relates how one ten-year-old girl deals with parting and grief.

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Release date

08/03/2018

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14

Popularity

0.4

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Released

Original title

Sekala Niskala

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Runtime

86 min

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Simon Foster

2017-11-28

"Instantly worthy of inclusion in the annals of classic children cinema, Kamila Andini has woven a major work of fantasy that courses with a rare humanism..." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2017/11/29/the-seen-and-unseen.html

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