Phipop
The narrator looks for Khema, a missing shaman singer in Laos. His investigation progressively becomes an initiatic travel among outcasts, renowned for their magical powers, accused to be "phipop", supernatural creatures behaving like vampires, still terrifying laotian villagers. This traveller's diary in search of ghosts through the forests, is a true story which looks like a chamanic tale. For most Laotian people, the invisible world of spirits is more real than what we call reality in modern western life. This film shows this "other laotian reality", mixing rational and objective facts with events born from collective unconsciousness. Is it a documentary or fiction ? This question is the main theme of the film.
France / USA - 2005 - 1 h 30 mn - DV Cam - Colour
Director
Alain Mazars
Script
Alain Mazars
Camera
Alain Mazars
Sound
Romaric Nereau
Editing
Alain Mazars
Music
Steve Roach
With
Sirilak Chanthamoongkoon, Phrayoon Thatthong, Albert Tan
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Production
New Deal Films,
9, rue de Budapest,
75009 Paris, France
Tél : +33 (0)1 4325 8914
Fax : +33 (0)1 4325 1759
E-mail : new.deal.films@wanadoo.fr
Co-Production
Steve Roach Productions, Fiat Lux Pictures
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Sales
Wide Management,
40, rue Sainte-Anne,
75002 Paris, France
Tél : +33 (0)1 5395 0464
Fax : +33 (0)1 5395 0465
E-mail : wide@widemanagement.com |
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