27 nov. 2011

A life amid oppressive dreams

The film released 12.11.2010
The document Ito - A Diary of an Urban Priest, by Pirjo Honkalasalo, tells the story of Yoshinobu Fujioka, a young Buddhist priest, and his fervent search for the meaning of life amid oppressive dreams, back alleys of the city and the darkness of the human mind.
This is the simple truth that in a dream human in his mind goes back in to his past life - in one, and also in other past lifes, if he is on the path.
Yoshinobu is.
He hears confession in a womens prison, bars and an old geisha house while the many layers of nocturnal Tokyo and unpredictable memories are twisted into a web that drives people face-to-face with one another.
Dreams, reality and fiction are blended in this study of the complexity of the human mind, which takes us on an exploration of memory while facing oneself and encountering others.
We have seen it before, for example in movies by Kim Ki-Duk.
Now documentary brings a new perspective. The Finnish pilot is successful.
I dag Yle TV2, 22.05 - 00.00,  Dokumentärprojekt: ITO - en urban prästs dagbok.
Film om en ung buddhistpräst i Tokyo och om hans sökan, hans försök att finna livets röda tråd bland drömbilder, i stadens sidogränder och i människosinnet. Regi Pirjo Honkasalo. Produktion Millennium Film Oy, 2009.

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