Synopsis
Filmmaker Peter Mettler embarks on a mission that takes him around the world. He is determined to record the diverse modes of transcendence that people in different cultures adopt in order to live life to the fullest. As he traverses civilization and wilderness and encounters a range of lifestyles and ideas, the filmmaker’s mind-expanding trip around the world grows into a poem of images and sounds, reflecting the fragmented but alluring worlds it attempts to capture.
A word from Tënk
In Gambling, Gods and LSD, the camera asserts itself with a blend of precision and sensitive exploration, contributing to the creation of a structured weightlessness accentuated by the editing. With haunting fluidity, this documentary, filmed over several years, takes us on a physical, geographical, philosophical, and spiritual journey, contributing to the development of a fascinating pluralistic vision of the world through several complementary themes. Occasionally guided by Mettler's magnificent, distinctive, and meditative voice, this introspective and contemplative work offers a complex journey in which filmed events, places, and human encounters coexist in a surprising yet coherent manner. A highly talented artist, Peter Mettler creates extraordinary films with unique narrative intelligence and aesthetic concern, leaving an indelible imprint on our memory and subconscious at different levels. In my opinion, revisiting this ambitious film is a source of wonder and provokes renewed reflections.
Hubert Sabino-Brunette
Teacher and programmer
