La práctica

It never rains, it always pours, so experiences Argentinian but in Chili living yoga teacher Gustavo. For instance, his marriage to his wife Vanesa has gone down the drain, and since she got their flat, he had no other choice but to move in with his brother-in-law and his wife, a smoker and an idiot, everyone assures him. And further: one of his students suffers amnesia after an accident in his school, another student is found to have stolen a smartphone, and perhaps worse, he suffers a very nasty knee injury, which basically prevents him from teaching. His spiritual goal of achieving samadhi, a state of joyful calm, seems further away than ever.

Argentine director Martin Rejtman has mastered the genre of the understated, slightly absurdist comedy like no other, as he has proved on several occasions. And with this comic drama, in which he holds up a mirror to the world of wellness and yoga, he does so again.