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

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.

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]}

References

External links

• Milarepa at IMDb
• Milarepa on Liliana Cavani's website

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