The Seen and Unseen

The Seen and Unseen

6.9/101h 26m2018
The Seen and Unseen

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Treewater Productions
Forka Films

Additional Information

Original Title:Sekala Niskala
Original Language:Indonesian
Status:Released

More Like This