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Lignes de vie (2010)

Lignes de vie poster
Directed by
Alain Mazars
Country
France

How it feels

A Eurasian traveler named Georges meets Nok, the daughter of a missing shaman, in a forest between Laos and Myanmar. Nok teaches him healing traditions and they travel together to help sick and dying villagers. Their journey leads them to confront a killer who targets travelers.

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What happens

Lignes de vie est un long métrage français réalisé par Alain Mazars, sorti en 2010. Dans une forêt située aux confins du Laos et du Myanmar, Georges, un voyageur eurasien, rencontre Nok, la fille d’un chaman. Guidé par Nok qui lui transmet les enseignements de son père mystérieusement disparu, Georges chemine de village en village pour secourir les paysans malades et les moribonds, jusqu’au jour où le tandem guérisseur doit affronter un criminel qui tue les voyageurs qu'il rencontre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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