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Ghost of Asia
THAILAND · 2005

Ghost of Asia

Apichatpong Weerasethakul
tsunami disaster grief and loss childhood imagination coastal communities supernatural elements
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Synopsis

Taking the recent tsunami in Asia as its starting point, the filmmakers have used the idea of a ghost seen wandering along the rocky coastline of a Thai island and, in a life-affirming gesture, they have invited some local children to direct the film for them, suggesting and filming the movements of the actor-ghost.

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