Films

SONGS OF THE WATER SPIRITS
SONGS OF THE WATER SPIRITS

 

Nicolò Bongiorno. Italy. 2021. 101’

Ladakh is a region of the Hindu Himalayas that faces a deep process of transformation, constantly oscillating between its vocation as a land of ancient and mystical traditions and an uncontrolled progress that is destructive to the environment that is alienating its population. However, brave and visionary minds work to overcome this dualism by proposing a virtuous mediation: preserving their identity without enclosing themselves in a shell and giving value to the incentives of a modernity that does not imply an anthropological mutation.