Bor Mi Vanh Chark (2019)

Bor Mi Vanh Chark (2019). Bor Mi Vanh Chark: Directed by Mattie Do. With Yannawoutthi Chanthalungsy, Vilouna Phetmany, Por Silatsa, Noutnapha Soydara. An old Laotian hermit discovers that the ghost of a road accident victim can transport him back in time fifty years to the moment of his mother's painful death.

“Technically this is a ghost story and has been marketed as such (I saw it on Shudder), but that does not give the whole picture at all. If I had to pick one sub-genre to classify this film I would have to say itu0026#39;s a time-travel movie and even that is woefully inadequate. Empirically you might also call it a Serial Killer movie, but again that would be technically true but missing the point entirely.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is a very mediative film that deals with the consequences of grief and how u0026#39;helpingu0026#39; other people (or spirits) is often simple selfishness. It depicts a cycle of behaviour that can be difficult to break and itu0026#39;s debatable whether the action in the movie has actually broken that cycle.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTo me this is Nacho Vigalondou0026#39;s u0026#39;Timecrimesu0026#39; mixed with Ray Bradburyu0026#39;s u0026#39;A Sound Of Thunderu0026#39; mixed with Buddhist philosophy telling a tale about the selfishness of grief.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI think this is excellent.”