Review of Manakamana (2013) by Richard D — 31 Mar 2015
Manakamana is a Hindu temple in Nepal that people visit and make offerings or sacrifices. There's a cable car that takes people up to the temple. For the first half of this documentary, people take the cable car up to the temple.
In the second half, people take the cable car down. That is quite literally all that happens. People are filmed in real time for the 10 minutes it takes to ride the car. Sometimes they talk to each other.
Sometimes they don't. In one case, they are a bunch of goats (really). They don't seem to be aware that they are on camera. This film is riveting. Seriously. I loved it.
This review of Manakamana (2013) was written by Richard D on 31 Mar 2015.
Manakamana has generally received positive reviews.
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