Soul (2013)

Original title

失魂

Directed by

Chung Mong-hong

Genre

horror film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 51m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his family home in rural Taiwan after a violent incident. His behavior becomes increasingly strange and disturbing. The story explores what happens when his family struggles to understand if he is experiencing a psychological break or something more sinister.

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What happens

Soul (Chinese: 失魂; pinyin: Shī hún) is a 2013 Taiwanese horror film written and directed by Chung Mong-hong. The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film was screened in the Vanguard section of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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