Tale of the Land
After losing her parents and their land, May lives with her grandfather in a self-sustaining floating house on the sea. She dreams of living on land, but a mysterious condition makes her faint whenever she tries to set foot on land. That is why her grandfather, believing she is cursed by their ancestors, insists that she should never leave their home. Although the land has become a dangerous place for her, she keeps being drawn to it. When her grandfather gets hurt and she is haunted by the uncertainty of a seabound life, life on land calls louder than ever before.
Tale of the Land is director Loeloe Hendra’s first feature film. Visually stunning with its surreal, dreamlike imagery and mystical elements, the film touches on themes such as climate change, land theft, and capitalist developments in a symbolic and poetic way.
