Drama

The Seen and Unseen

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.

Release Date : 2018-03-08

Language :Indonesian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Treewater ProductionsForka Films

Production Country : AustraliaIndonesiaNetherlandsQatar

Alternative Titles : The Seen and Unseen

Cast

Character Name : Tantri

Original Name : Ni Kadek Thaly Titi Kasih

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tantra

Original Name : Ida Bagus Putu Radithya Mahijasena

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mother

Original Name : Ayu Laksmi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Father

Original Name : I Ketut Rina

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse Ida

Original Name : Happy Salma

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grandmother

Original Name : Gusti Ayu Raka

Gender : Male

Reviews

Simon Foster

@Simon Foster

2021-06-23

"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