The Seen and Unseen
Tantra and Tantri are inextricably linked. Tantri always gets the whites and Tantra the yolks when they steal eggs from the family's sacrificial offering. Tantra, however, and the yolk, go missing one day. Tantri begins slipping into magical parallel worlds, approaching the inevitable farewell through costumes, body paint, and dance while her brother is gravely ill and in hospital. Tantri's mother gently washes the paint from her face at one point, as if to dispel the illusion that things can remain as they are. Andini describes how a ten-year-old girl deals with parting and grief in long dream sequences set against the backdrop of the Balinese philosophy of sekala – the seen – and niskala – the unseen.
Released: 2018-03-08
Genre:
Drama
Duration: 86
min