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Su Batiledhu

Name: Su Batiledhu
Director: Laura Delle Piane
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-01-01
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Carlo Antonio Contu, Antonio Marras

2022 · 0h 30m · Documentary

If you're craving something genuinely strange and anthropologically fascinating, hunt this down—a documentary about ancient Dionysian rituals alive in a Sardinian village is exactly the kind of weird, culturally rich experience that deserves your attention tonight.

Plot

Every year, in a remote village in Sardinia, a ritual takes place. A man — Batiledhu (the madman) — is chosen by the villagers to embody Dionysos, the wild God of nature and ecstasy, who dies and is resurrected in the eternal cycle of life.

Director: Laura Delle Piane

Cast: Carlo Antonio Contu, Antonio Marras

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