Neasa Ni Chianan was an admirer of the poet Cathal O'Searcaigh and was delighted to get the opportunity to make a film about him, following him from his home in Ireland to his spiritual home in Nepal. However, as time goes by, she realises that the portrait she wanted to paint is not necessarily what she's capturing on film.
I was very pleased to have this documentary at Edinburgh this year as it was another film (like EDEN) that I'd very much wanted to see at Dublin earlier in the year but failed to. It doesn't disappoint, offering both a beautiful film and a controversial trigger for debate too. What Cathal is doing in Nepal may not be illegal per se, but it certainly raises some moral questions, questions that cannot be answered in the space of a single film.
It avoids sensationalism however and merely leaves us to wonder. It certainly seemed to provoke more discussion than most of the other documentaries I saw. Check it out if you get the chance.
I was very pleased to have this documentary at Edinburgh this year as it was another film (like EDEN) that I'd very much wanted to see at Dublin earlier in the year but failed to. It doesn't disappoint, offering both a beautiful film and a controversial trigger for debate too. What Cathal is doing in Nepal may not be illegal per se, but it certainly raises some moral questions, questions that cannot be answered in the space of a single film.
It avoids sensationalism however and merely leaves us to wonder. It certainly seemed to provoke more discussion than most of the other documentaries I saw. Check it out if you get the chance.
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