Taksu, the second feature by actress, producer, and now director Sugino Kiki, takes its title from the Balinese concept (often associated with dance) of artistry and charisma that taps into divine, spiritual power. And though it may be going too far to say that this is what Sugino achieves with this film, the artistic ambitiousness of her efforts are very clear, and she comes up with beautiful and mesmerizing results.Sugino, named "Muse of the Asian Indie Cinema" at the 2011 Tokyo International Film Festival, has been a frequent fixture on the festival circuit in the past few years, working with filmmakers such as Fukada Koji (Hospitalite, Au Revoir L'ete), Lim Kah Wai (Magic and Loss), Uchida Nobuteru (Odayaka), and Edmund Yeo (the short Exhalation), and...
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- 7/1/2015
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