The Vegetarian shown on Cignal TV's Cinema World channel 59 introduced me to the culture of the Indian Brahmin from an Indian-Italian male son perspective particularly on beliefs on family, death, reincarnation, after life journey.
Story as narrated by Krishna, a staff at an Italian cow farm milking and measuring the outputs has a firm embrace on the caste and the sacredness of a cow; through narration, poetry, images, flashback, storytelling as a "live book" he educates us on nature, trees, rivers, marriage and singleness and the relationship between a vegetarian meal and the cow.
Living in Italy working hard to make ends meet to support his Italian wife, he stood by his Indian roots.
Admirable how Krishna has not compromised the sacredness of the cow, beliefs even with most difficult situations confronting him.
Enlightened and inspired by the lead character, The Vegetarian as it ended left an unexplainable impression, not sadness nor joy, not disturbed nor convinced but certainly respect for the Brahmin's beliefs.
"When the sun has set, when the moon has set, when the fire has gone out, what is then the light of man?"
https://cinemaworld.asia/movie/the-vegetarian/
Bon Appetit, set in Switzerland and Spain is another favourite
https://cinemaworld.asia/movie/bon-appetit/
https://cinemaworld.asia/schedule/
No comments:
Post a Comment