Lois Patiño’s groundbreaking film, “Samsara,” offers viewers an unparalleled cinematic journey unlike anything seen before. Departing from conventional storytelling,
“Samsara” intertwines film and guided meditation to immerse audiences in a profound exploration of life’s cycles, symbolized by the Buddhist concept of Samsara—the cycle of deaths and rebirths.
The film’s transcendent experience begins with a Buddhist boy reading from the Bardo Thödol to an elderly woman in Laos, guiding her transition to her next life.
As viewers are invited to close their eyes, they embark on a sensory voyage alongside the woman, now reincarnated as a goat in Zanzibar.
Through a symphony of natural sounds and mesmerizing visual patterns, experienced with eyes shut, “Samsara” transforms the cinema into a canvas for introspection and reflection.
While reminiscent of themes explored in Michelangelo Frammartino’s “Le Quattro Volte,” “Samsara” stands as a singularly original and profound work of art, urging audiences to experience its transcendent beauty firsthand in the immersive setting of a cinema.
