A Kawa Ijen sulfur miner finds his routine radically altered the moment his wife goes away. He enters then a time loop that transforms his reality as his beliefs move from animism to Islam and capitalism. In a hybridization between ethnofiction and documentary, the film questions the myth of progress and explores the relationship with the otherness in the neocolonial reality of the South Seas .
Director of Photography: Alvaro Gurrea
Writer: Alvaro Gurrea
Producer: Rocio Mesa
Director: Alvaro Gurrea
Mbah Jhiwo / Ancient Soul | Official Trailer | Berlinale 2021