A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian trading post and encounter a closed-fisted ivory trader and her ill-meaning family.
Acting
Janet McTeer's terrifying matriarch—civilized savagery incarnate.
Cinematography
Digital video jungle rot that feels genuinely diseased.
Direction
Levring's Dogme 95 roots show in raw, sweaty immediacy.
Director
Kristian Levring
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Borneo in just five weeks with minimal crew, using natural light and locations—pure Dogme 95 ethos holding together a Merchant Ivory-looking nightmare.
Part of the short-lived but influential Dogme 95 movement; Levring was one of only four directors to complete an official 'vow of chastity' film, making this colonial gothic uniquely raw and digital.
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