Gambling, Gods, and LSD

This documentary by Swiss - Canadian filmmaker Peter Mettler ponders the possibility of spiritual transcendence in the modern world. His journey takes him from a church in Toronto's airport strip where ecstatic Christians are overcome by the Holy Spirit to the Las Vegas studio of the inventor of "erotic electrostimulation" and finally to religious ceremonies in Southern India. Mettler wanted to show the human quest for transcendence and meaning. If the final work lacks a clear synthesis, this was a gamble that he was prepared to take.