![]() However, Pi has to leave India after his family decides it’s too dangerous due to political unrest. He simultaneously practices Islam, Christianity, and Hindu, due to their different interpretations of faith and life. Pi is an extremely curious kid who is obsessed with the idea of religion and God. Fortunately, Ang Lee’s gorgeous and mesmerizing new film, Life of Pi, manages to find the perfect middle ground and avoid the pitfalls that most faith based movies fall into thanks to stunning visuals, a great story, and masterful direction.īased on Yann Martel’s best selling novel, Life of Pi tells the story of Pi Patel, the son of an Indian zookeeper in Pondicherry, India. Unless you find the balance between the two, any film that tries to explore faith is bound to crash and burn. Spirituality on film is a tricky thing to get right try to push your message too hard and audiences will walk out of the theater feeling manipulated (I’m looking at you Passion of the Christ!), but stay too vague and no one will get the point.
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