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She-Shaman (1996)
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Original name: Szamanka
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Poland, France, Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story of an anthropology professor Michal's who as the movie progresses develops two overwhelming obsessions. The first one is a mummified, 3,000 year-old, perfectly preserved body of a Shaman he and his colleagues have recently dragged out of a swamp, and the second – an enigmatic student he meets by chance at Krakow Railway Station.
Style:
psycho sexual, sexy, controversial, emotional, mysterious, avant garde, psychological, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
obsession, college student, insanity, anthropology, strong sexual content, couples, surrealism, nymphomaniac, professor, sex, young girl, archeological dig, erotica, cat, violence, student, female nudity, suicide, occult, graphic violence, brain, death of brother, explicit sex, sexual relations, love affair ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, prehistoric times
Place:
poland, europe
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Duration: 122 min.
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