THE BLESSING BELL Asian New Classics

Call it destiny or call it chance as one fateful day in the life of an ordinary man is staged with the elegant simplicity of a fairy tale.

As day posses into night, the never-identified man is mistaken for a murderer, charges into a burning building, is hit by a car, sees a ghost, wins a lottery and much more. Each of these events could stand by itself as a memorable day, but they tumble one into another under the watchful eye of our mostly passive protagonist. For some reason, death dances around him and sometimes acts through him, and he doesn’t seem to hove the slightest idea why. Is he a conduit to the Other Side? And what exactly is a blessing bell?

Writer/director Sabu has been fashioning a collection of films that unite sound and vision in his own inimitable way. This narrative has a strong cumulative impact that may surprise those new to his work.