Emmanuelle Béart

Rufus Sewell

Petch Osathanugrah

Julie Dreyfus

Amporn Pankratok

Josse De Pauw

Apisit Opasaimlikit

Kurlab Lay

Matt Ryder

Bobbie Delcastillo

Susan Delcastillo

Teerawat Mulvilai

Saichia Wongwirot

Kitinun Siangsa-Ard

Boontum Jundaharn

Wirat Rungreang

Oz Petcharat

Reakhum Sean-In

Pit Imerb

Poon Tubtong

Isaya

Anan Garagat

Surin Foofung

Kritsada Submak

Borhan du Welz

Natthapol Kiongtalay

Yaya Kanathong

Sutus Salenan

Sonchai Pramongkig

Ratghapum Wareesri

Somsak Klongtalay

Fabrice Du Welz

Benoît Debie

Chloe Emmerson

Ludovic Douillet

François-Eudes Chanfrault

Colin Monie

Michaël Gentile

Jeremy Burdek

Jean-Jacques Puchu

Beer Burimkoon

Adrian Politowski

Arin 'Aoi' Pinijvararak

Bertrand Boudaud

Peter Carlton

Nadia Khamlichi

Gilles Bernardeau

Valène Leroy

Lizzie Francke

Dominique Janne

Arlette Zylberberg

Frédéric Meert

Olly Blackburn

Paul-Henri Belin

Somprasong Srikrajang

Phattana Sansumran

Usuma Sukhsvasti

Thanaporn Arkmanon

Sarun Sonthi

Didier Kinsella

Rittikorn Manonom

Krittabhat Khieolek

Vinai Boujan

Sudkwan Suwansoonthorn

Piyawat Dangdej

Itthipon Chainapong

Prawit Saenthit

Decho Engchoun

Kamparnart Chantasirivisarn

Geraldine Picron

Frédérique Leroy

Pensri Boonjareon

Sani Viriyachothikul

Watana Garum

Vipa Seanghen

Prajak Ngamsap

Sarun Yimyong

Chonviga Koomkaew

Somporn Wangchean

Sorayuk Mookleemas

Nattavut Buranakij

Visoot Doungkeawnoi

Kamon Premparn

Nirun Thongpahusatcha

Chatri Kriangkraisorn

Wanchai Konchom

Prakarn Moonsan

Pairoj Moonrach

Safae Rorman

Chadchuen Prakodpol

Nikorn Poonperm

Pachuanchart Chotsavai

Wuttikorn Kajornchai

Phone Kotehom

Sayan Chotmonkol

Bunrueng Kurjaroen

Maitre Wanchod

Pitak Hlodthong

Wanchai Tipsombat

Abraham Goldblat

Ana Antunes

Giles Burgess

Anne-Laure Guégan

Emmanuel de Boissieu

Gilles Bénardeau

Franco Piscopo

Didier Lesage

Stéphane Bidault

Christophe Chanvin

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Vinyan

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**_Haunting descent into jungle hell_**

An American couple in Thailand discover possible evidence that their young son who died in a tsunami six months earlier is still alive and living in the jungles of Myanmar (Burma). They pay some dubious characters a lot of money to go up river into the forbidden country. Things go from bad to worse.

Many viewers denounce "Vinyan" (2008) because it's not a typical horror film, but that's precisely why it's worthwhile. It's original. It's equal parts haunting, beautiful, strange and creepy. The plot is thin, yet the story maintains your attention.

The acting is excellent all around and you buy these people as real. The five main characters being: Paul and Jeane Bellmer (Rufus Sewell and Emmanuelle Béart), a human trafficker named Thaksin Gao, the captain of the small boat named Sonchaï and the couple's liaison, Kim (Julie Dreyfus).

Memorable parts abound, such as Kim's subtle-but-clear seduction of Paul, the beautiful floating-lanterns at the beach ceremony and the awesome tree fortress.

The meaning of the film is ambiguous, but it provokes thought on several things: The nature of grief (letting go or not letting go), obsession, madness, tribal instincts, going feral and more.

As for the tribe of lost kids in the last act, are they 'vinyan' -- angry, confused spirits who suffered horrible deaths -- or are they simply a pack of kids gone wild in the jungle à la "Lord of the Flies"? I say the evidence points to the latter.

In any case, "Vinyan" has elements of films like "Apocalypse Now," "The Emerald Forest," "Fitzcaraldo" (or "Aguirre") and the aforementioned "Lord of the Flies."

The film runs 1 hour, 36 minutes, and was shot in Thailand.

GRADE: B+

English

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Vinyan trailer - Revolver Entertainment