- 国家/地区: Sri Lanka, 美国
- 类型: 纪录片, 短片
- 上映日期: 2017-05-21
- 导演: Rajee Samarasinghe
- 编剧: Rajee Samarasinghe
- 语言: English
- 演员: N/A
- 片长: 14 分钟
- 奖项: N/A
- 又名: The Spectre Watches Over Her (德国) , The Spectre Watches Over Her (斯里兰卡) , The Spectre Watches Over Her
- 剧情简介: A reaction to the seminal text by Swiss anthropologist Paul Wirz entitled 'Exorcism and the Art of Healing in Ceylon,' this high contrast hand processed film considers a history of colonialism and ethnographic practices in South Asia. Memories from my mother's own elusive past emerge as I begin to locate her personal narrative within ethnographic material. At my mother's village, I restaged an exorcism once performed on her in the early 1960s when she was a little girl. Possessed by the lecherous entity known as the Kalu Kumara, the Sanni Yakuma healing ritual was performed over a 12-hour period. 'The Spectre Watches Over Her,' examines how a history of watching has shaped a cultural perception and identity. The title refers to Paul Gauguin's 'Manao tupapau.'
- IMDB:tt5672136