The Seen and Unseen (2017)

  • NR
  • 09/11/2017 (CA)
  • Drama
  • 1h 26m

Overview

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.

Kamila Andini

Director, Writer

Cast

Ni Kadek Thaly Titi Kasih's headshot

Ni Kadek Thaly Titi Kasih

Tantri
Ida Bagus Putu Radithya Mahijasena's headshot

Ida Bagus Putu Radithya Mahijasena

Tantra
Ayu Laksmi's headshot

Ayu Laksmi

Mother
Ketut Rina's headshot

Ketut Rina

Father
Happy Salma's headshot

Happy Salma

Nurse Ida
Gusti Ayu Raka's headshot

Gusti Ayu Raka

Grandmother

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