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Samsara

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Every morning, a Buddhist teenager visits an elderly woman’s home to read her The Bardo Thödol, a guide for the journey between death and the next rebirth. On her last day, the young man whispers the book's final passages in her ear, closes his eyes, and meditates alongside her, as she embarks on a transformative journey into what lies beyond.

Critics Reviews

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Jake Cole Slant Magazine 05/26/2024
3/4
The film exemplifies Lois Patiño’s ongoing efforts to complicate docufiction approaches with otherworldly reveries meant to communicate states beyond our immediate reality. Go to Full Review Donald Clarke Irish Times 01/31/2024
4/5
It is unfairly facetious – but irresistible – to note that, in another era, Samsara would have played to the sweet scents of hand-rolled smokables. And nobody would have asked for their money back. Go to Full Review Wendy Ide Observer (UK) 01/28/2024
4/5
Part film, part guided meditation, it’s unlike anything else you can experience in the cinema. Go to Full Review William Stottor Loud and Clear Reviews 09/03/2024
4/5
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s influence infuses deeply but delicately into Samsara, Lois Patiño’s lyrical and poetic Buddhism-focussed film. Go to Full Review Pat Mullen POV Magazine 07/02/2024
The afterlife may perhaps be the most impossible subject for a documentary to capture. And yet Lois Patiño has done it with Samsara. Go to Full Review Dustin Chang Floating World 05/07/2024
In his new film Samsara, filmmaker/visual artist Lois Patiño channels the Tibetan Book of the Dead via Apichatpong Weerasethakul Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Aleksandra M 07/27/2024 me: cant wait to see the movie movie screen: close your eyes now me: ...ok See more John D 03/31/2024 an existential documentary about meaning of life and death and rebirth. At some level was interesting and at other levels annoying and irritating, especially the 15 minutes of nonstop flashing but nothing else. See more Dušan A 02/19/2024 Some nice shots, but it did not achieve the desired effect of meditation/memento mori See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Lois Patiño

Director

Toumor Xiong

Be Ann

Amid Keomany

Amid

Simone Milavanh

Mon

Juwairiya Idrisa Uwesu

Juwairiya

Mariam Vuaa Mtego

Mariam

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Samsara

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Movie Info

Synopsis Every morning, a Buddhist teenager visits an elderly woman’s home to read her The Bardo Thödol, a guide for the journey between death and the next rebirth. On her last day, the young man whispers the book's final passages in her ear, closes his eyes, and meditates alongside her, as she embarks on a transformative journey into what lies beyond.
Director
Lois Patiño
Producer
Leire Apellaniz
Screenwriter
Lois Patiño, Garbiñe Ortega, Lois Patiño, Garbiñe Ortega
Production Co
Sr&Sra
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Lao
Runtime
1h 54m