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Samsara is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ron Fricke released in USA on 22 august 2012

Samsara (2011)

Samsara
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Released in USA 22 august 2012
Length 1h42
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Documentary
Rating83% 4.19694.19694.19694.19694.1969

Samsara is a 2011 non-narrative documentary film, directed by Ron Fricke and produced by Mark Magidson, who also collaborated on Baraka (1992), a film of a similar vein. Samsara was filmed over five years in 25 countries around the world. It was shot in 70 mm format and output to digital format. The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and received a limited release in August 2012.

Synopsis

The official website describes the film, "Expanding on the themes they developed in Baraka (1992) and Chronos (1985), Samsara explores the wonders of our world from the mundane to the miraculous, looking into the unfathomable reaches of humanity's spirituality and the human experience. Neither a traditional documentary nor a travelogue, Samsara takes the form of a nonverbal, guided meditation."

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