Milarepa (1973 film)

Milarepa is a 1973 Italian drama film directed by Liliana Cavani.^[1][2] The film tells the story of the famous Tibetan yogi and poet Milarepa.

Milarepa
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Liliana Cavani
Written by	Liliana Cavani Italo Moscati
Starring	Lajos Balázsovits Paolo Bonacelli Marisa Fabbri [it]
Cinematography	Armando Nannuzzi
Edited by	Franco Arcalli
Music by	Daniele Paris
Production companies	Lotar Film RAI
Distributed by	RAI
Release dates	28 December 1973 (1973-12-28) (Pistoia, Italy)[1]
Running time	113 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	Italian Vietnamese

Cast

• Lajos Balázsovits as Leo Milarepa
• Paolo Bonacelli as Prof. Bennet
• Marisa Fabbri [it] as Milarepa's mother
• Marcella Michelangeli as Karin
• George Wang

Production and release

Milarepa was shot in Abruzzo in autumn 1972 and premiered in Pistoia, Italy, on 28 December 1973.^[1] It was released in January 1974 and aired on television in June the same year.^[1]

The film was screened in competition at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.^[1][3]

Reception

Milarepa received mostly positive reviews by Italian critics, including Pier Paolo Pasolini (who titled it a "truly beautiful film"), Alberto Moravia and Lino Miccichè.^[1] Still, some reviewers were critical of the film, like Francesco Savio [it] of Il mondo, who dismissed it as "unnecessary" and "purely decorative".^[1]

Awards

• 1973 Carpine d'oro^[1][2]