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Harvey Keitel Becomes a Guru in First Look at Buddhism-Inspired Sci-Fi Drama ‘Milarepa’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Harvey Keitel is playing a guru named Marpa in the post-apocalyptic Buddhist drama 'Milarepa.'
Set in a “no tech” near future, the English-language indie film – with a cast also comprising F. Murray Abraham, Angela Molina, Franco Nero (no relation to the director), Mexico’s Iazua Larios (“Sundown”) and Italy-based Japanese actor Hal Yamanouchi (“The Wolverine”) – just wrapped principle photography on the island of Sardinia, where it made ample use of its ancient megalithic stone constructions, dunes and craggy landscapes. On a timeless Mediterranean island, 12-year-old Mila’s peaceful and simple existence in her family home is disrupted when her father is killed due to an act of cruelty over inheritance money involving her aunt Khulan (Angela Molina). In a statement, director Louis Nero (“The Broken Key”) called “Milarepa” a reimagining of the science-fiction genre in which “after the failure of technology, the human being returns to be at the center of the story, symbolically opposing the ephemerality of material things.”
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