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The Seen and Unseen (2018)

08/03/2018 (AU)Drama1h 26m
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Ni Kadek Thaly Titi Kasih

      Tantri

    2. Ida Bagus Putu Radithya Mahijasena

      Tantra

    3. Ayu Laksmi

      Ayu Laksmi

      Mother

    4. Ketut Rina

      Ketut Rina

      Father

    5. Happy Salma

      Happy Salma

      Nurse Ida

    6. Gusti Ayu Raka

      Grandmother

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    A review by Simon Foster

    Written by Simon Foster on Nov 28, 2017

    "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

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageIndonesian

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    Keywords

    • indonesia
    • culture