An orphan girl taught magic by her sick grandma must find work in seedy Bangkok, where she encounters a number of unsavory characters. She uses the magical skills her grandmother taught her to her advantage and to increasingly horrific consequences.
Practical Effects
Thai folk magic rituals with genuine shaman consultants on set.
Acting
Suangporn Jaturaphut's debut—she was literally discovered in Bangkok streets.
Director
Paul Spurrier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Paul Spurrier was a British expat who spent years documenting actual Thai spirit rituals before filming; the shaman who plays the witchdoctor performed real ceremonies for the cast.
The film was banned in Thailand for five years, not for the sex work depiction but for showing Buddhist monks alongside black magic—an unforgivable cultural transgression in Thai cinema.
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