If a mountain-climbing adventure like Everest or Vertical Limit removed its bombastic thrill-seeking setpieces and was instead directed with the patient, reverent eye of Apichatpong Weerasethakul one may conjure up something like The Mountains Are a Dream That Call to Me. Cedric Cheung-Lau, who established his career on the lighting teams of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, The Mend, Little Men, and more notable indies, makes his feature directorial debut with this peaceful, meditative journey through the Annapurna Mountain range in Nepal. Compact in narrative scale, but as epic as one can imagine in terms of capturing the awe of the gorgeous environment our small set of characters traverse, the film is a meditative testament to appreciating one’s surroundings in all their glory.
Hannah (Alice Cummins) is a visitor from Australia in her twilight years on a journey of self-discovery. She encounters Tukten (Sanjaya Lama), a young...
Hannah (Alice Cummins) is a visitor from Australia in her twilight years on a journey of self-discovery. She encounters Tukten (Sanjaya Lama), a young...
- 1/25/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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