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Samsara

2023

Lois Patiño

Amid Keomany, Toumor Xiong, Simone Milavanh, Mariam Vuaa Mtego, Juwairiya Idrisa Uwesu

6.6

644

Drama In the temples of Laos, teenage monks accompany a soul in transit from one body to another through the bardo. A luminous and sonorous journey leads to reincarnate on the beaches of Zanzibar, where groups of women work in seaweed farms.

	Media	Author	Review
		Leonardo Goi The Film Stage	"An extraordinary, multisensory journey through bodies, souls, and space"
		Martin Kudlac Screen Anarchy	"By presenting an intimate, sensory experience that transcends boundaries, the film creates a deeply empathetic, moving, and humanistic encounter"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It is mysterious and quietist, but flavoured with something whimsical and even playful; it is one of those ostensibly serious films best appreciated with the sense of humour (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Unlike anything else you will experience in the cinema (...) Part film, part guided meditation, Lois Patiño’s tale of a Lao woman’s death and rebirth is partly designed to watch with your eyes closed (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Hanna Flint Time Out	"In a hectic world of chaos and crisis, 'Samsara' offers a glorious solution: close your eyes to truly open them (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jake Cole Slant	"This bravura showstopper is another breakthrough in Patiño’s ongoing efforts to complicate docufiction approaches with otherworldly reveries meant to communicate states beyond our immediate reality (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Alfonso Rivera Cineuropa	"Lois Patiño presents his most narrative and dynamic yet radical film, a sensorial experiment that invites the audience to experience it with their eyes closed"

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