This Transient Life
Drama
Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs.
VIBE
A deeply unsettling and visually stark exploration of taboo desires and spiritual conflict. It feels like a fever dream, heavy with unspoken guilt and the weight of existence, lingering long after the credits roll.
melancholictransgressivebroodingintrospectiveslow-burnarthousecontemplativeausterephilosophicalforbidden lovespiritualityguiltart
suicidesibling relationshipbuddhismpriestincestsculptorchiselvoyeurism
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