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In a poor suburb of Dakar, workers on the construction site of a tower, without pay for months, decide to leave the country by the ocean for a better future. Among them is Souleiman, the lover of Ada, promised to another. This ghost story about migration, poverty, love - the first film by a black woman to compete at Cannes - Atlantics is streaming on Netflix. [more inside]
posted by ChuraChura on Feb 8, 2020 - 5 comments

A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted. [more inside]
posted by sapagan on Mar 20, 2018 - 2 comments

A scholar, tasked to copy a sutra, meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains. [more inside]
posted by five toed sloth on Mar 4, 2018 - 2 comments

In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife. [more inside]
posted by jazon on Nov 13, 2017 - 7 comments