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The Medium is the Masseuse: a Balinese Massage

Directed by Linda Connor, Patsy Asch, Timothy Asch

1983 – 31'

Synopsis

Jero uses massage and traditional medicines to treat Ida Bagus, who suffers from sterility and seizures. Through her treatment and her words, Jero reveals her conceptions of the human body, the nature of illness, the contrast between Western and traditional Balinese medicine, and the relationship between human beings and the cosmos.