Manakamana

Name: Manakamana
Genre: Documentary
Released: April 18, 2014
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 86

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Cinema Guild | Release Date: April 18, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: High above a jungle in Nepal, pilgrims make an ancient journey by cable car to worship Manakamana.  

Director: Pacho Velez and Stephanie Spray

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 118 min

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Manohla Dargis

Apr 17, 2014

By focusing on such a narrow slice of Nepali life, Ms. Spray and Mr. Velez have ceded any totalizing claim on the truth and instead settled for a perfect incompleteness. Read full review

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Keith Uhlich

Apr 15, 2014

You could hardly ask for a more beautiful vision of souls in transit. Read full review

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Calum Marsh

Apr 16, 2014

Among the many remarkable qualities boasted by Manakamana, perhaps the most surprising is its humor. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Apr 17, 2014

It’s the closest I’ve seen a film come to an act of genuine hypnosis. Read full review

Ben Nicholson

Jan 8, 2015

It’s meditative, beautiful, utterly fascinating, and one of the year’s finest documentary achievements. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Jun 26, 2014

Observational with a vengeance, more an art piece than a conventional motion picture, Manakamana is simple in conception, but the reactions it evokes in viewers will be complex and multifaceted. Read full review

Noel Murray

Apr 15, 2014

Manakamana is both calming and imagination-sparking, forcing viewers to look at human faces for 10-minute stretches, whether those faces are talking excitedly or quietly looking around. Read full review

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TheDRauch

Nov 2, 2014

Little replay value here, but, upon first viewing, Manakamana makes for a trance-inducing, indescribably moving and undeniably human documentary. I don't want to spoil the premise, but lets just say that a vast majority of people will hate this film and probably dip out 5-10 minutes in. ILittle replay value here, but, upon first viewing, Manakamana makes for a trance-inducing, indescribably moving and undeniably human documentary. I don't want to spoil the premise, but lets just say that a vast majority of people will hate this film and probably dip out 5-10 minutes in. I don't blame them. It is not for everyone. Patient viewers will find themselves in rapture for what is easily my favorite documentary of 2014 so far. This film pushes the boundaries of what we can consider a 'narrative'. The movie preys on our socially analytical nature as observers, voyeurs more like it. I dare you to sit through the whole film. Don't see it with friends or other people. You may be influenced to make distracting conversation. Engage this in your own quiet way and test yourself to see how far you can go without a break. My eyes were glued to the screen. I didn't look away once.… Expand

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financialwar

Jun 20, 2015

documentary is getting more and more pretentious by the year. This film is absolutely trash to the full, you'll waste two hours of your life watch nothing but old Asians bums riding cable car. Literally nothing else.

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