MAhabharata
Type: epic-market poem
Director: Peter Brook. With Erika Alexander, Mamadou Diumé. Georges Corraface, Maurice Bénichou, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Ryszard Cieslak
Fifteen times longer than the Bible, the Indian poem written in Sanskrit three thousand years ago had fascinated Peter Brook who – together with Jeanclaude Carrière – had taken a famous theatrical show in 1985, He became four years later a film, which from August 20 returns to the cinemas after a restoration in 8kcapable of returning all the splendor of his images.
The story compares two families of cousins, The Panda and Kauravas, fighting with each other despite descending from two brothers who lived in peace. At stake there is not only the throne of a kingdom, but the maintenance or destruction of the harmony of the cosmos, Because they are the individuals who can make it grow or destroy.
An image of the “Mahabharata”, directed by Peter Brook in 1989. (WebPhoto)
To tell it, Brook (who called Vittorio Mezzogiorno among the protagonists) chooses a stylized style, relying on essential scenography. And using the voice and noises to tell battles that escape our eyes. The result is something truly unique. Refined and barbaric together. Where reflections on war and violence continually refer to the real world (yesterday, but also today) with a visual force that knows how to excite.
For those who are ready to be fascinated by the culture of India.
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