Phantoms of Nabua

The Thai village of Nabua, like others during the Cold War, was accused of harbouring communists, and its inhabitants were subject to violent reprisals. The film evokes such atrocities, but under a luminous guise: a tall neon, images projected, flashes shading the sky, a blazing ball kicked by teenage players, a stretched star that consumes itself when it touches fire, the lens of a projector without a screen. From an archaic origin of cinema to its destruction, from recorded memory to the end of image, this film covers the spectrum of History.