PISA – Samsara, the long-awaited film by Lois Patiño, Jury Prize in Encounters at the 2023 Berlinalecomes out in theaters distributed by EXIT Media, with the patronage of the Italian Buddhist Union and will be presented at Cineclub Arsenale of PisaThe May 28, at 8.30pm. The introduction will be handled by Ciro Conversano, professor at the University of Pisa.
The film’s title refers to the Buddhist cycle of death and reincarnation. From the temples of Laos to the coasts of Tanzania, the spectator will live a unique experience accompanying a soul in its transit from one body to another; the words of the Bardo Thodol, the “Tibetan Book of the Dead”, will be the guide to prevent the soul from being lost in the afterlife.
Lois Patiño, rising star of Spanish auteur cinema, expertly uses 16mm film to create chromatic effects, toning and fading colors, typical of her cinema, creating a hallucinatory journey that visualizes the phase between the passing and the rebirth of a new life. Patiño, after having explored the mythical universe of his native Galicia in films such as Lúa vermilla (2019) or Death Coast (2013), which won him the award for Best Emerging Director at Locarno, once again explores the relationship between the human being and the landscape, spirituality and death, taking the viewer on an “intimate and meditative” experience to discover the sublime.
“With Samsara – declares the director – I have doubled my commitment to the cinema that interests me, as a meditative and contemplative experience. In its central part, the film becomes an experience of collective, intimate and reflective meditation, in which the spectator lets himself be transported for 15 minutes, immersing himself in the sounds with his eyes closed. This practice can become extraordinarily powerful in a crowded room, creating a shared bond between viewers”.
Last modified: May 26, 2024
