Reincarnate

Reincarnate

2010 · 73 min · ★ 4.1 · Drama

A teacher and his student go on a trip to a magical island where there is urban life and tourist attractions as well as a palace and temples. Moreover, a haunting past still gnaws, spreads, mates and mutates in a loop that cannot be eliminated. It dissolves and mixes with memories affecting the present and possessing a power that can destroy the future. In this vague atmosphere, the place slowly becomes deserted like a nightmare you want to wake from but cannot resist

Directed by Thunska Pansittivorakul · Written by Thunska Pansittivorakul

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