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Homestay (2018)

Homestay poster
Original title
โฮมสเตย์
Directed by
Parkpoom Wongpoom
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, thriller film
Country
Thailand
Runtime
2h 12m
Rated
G
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A spirit is given a second chance at life by inhabiting the body of a teenager who died by suicide. The spirit must navigate the teen's troubled family and social life while trying to uncover the reasons for his death.

mysteriousintrospectivetensepoignantslow-burnmelancholicunsettlingspiritual

What happens

Homestay is a 2018 Thai drama thriller fantasy film produced by Jor Kwang Films and distributed by GDH 559. Co-written and directed by Parkpoom Wongpoom, the film is based on the Japanese novel Colorful by Eto Mori. It stars Teeradon Supapunpinyo as a spirit who gets to inhabit the body of Min, a teenager who recently committed suicide, and bring him back to life. The film was released in theatres on 25 October 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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