The Medium (2021) Movie Script
The locals here have believed in spirits
for ages.
Maybe even before there was any religion.
But the meaning of spirits for Isan people
might not be the same as for most.
We believe everything
that goes beyond nature
is all called spirits,
not just the souls of dead people.
We believe spirits are
in every single thing.
In houses,
in forests, in mountains
in trees,
in rice fields.
Every area has spirits. All of them.
IN 2018,
A DOCUMENTARY TEAM TRAVELED
ALL OVER THAILAND
TO STUDY THE LIVES OF SHAMANS.
AFTER INTERVIEWING MANY SHAMANS,
THE TEAM DECIDED TO STUDY
THE LIFE OF NIM,
THE SHAMAN OF "GODDESS BA YAN."
For Isan people, spirits have many types,
such as Phee Fah, Phee Tan,
Phee Sua, Phee Ban, Phee Muang
They're all spirits.
NIM, "BA YAN" SHAMAN
There are good spirits that protect us
and evil spirits
that haunt us and make us sick.
And the spirit within you? Who is that?
Let me say it in a central dialect.
They call it "possessing."
In Isan, they call it "Ma Tiam."
I'm the shaman for Goddess Ba Yan.
Ba Yan is an ancestral spirit.
She's a good spirit
who has protected the villages
for a long time.
Actually, no one knows who she is
or where she's from,
but they've paid respect to her
for many generations.
"SHAMAN BLOODLINE"
A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE SHAMAN
INHERITANCE IN A FAMILY.
My family has been Ba Yan's shaman
for many generations.
Ever since I was born,
I saw my grandmother as her medium.
Ba Yan only chooses women
to be her medium.
Lots of locals would come to see us.
Every year we do a ceremony.
A very big one.
The locals will ask
how the village will fare
for the coming year.
After my grandmother died,
the next person to inherit Ba Yan
was my aunt.
After my aunt, the next shaman was
supposed to be Noi, my elder sister
NOI - NIM
but Noi declined the inheritance.
Ba Yan then chose
me instead.
Don't shamans have to shake their bodies
or change their voices?
You might have watched too much TV.
It doesn't have to be like that.
As you've seen,
people come see me every day.
Some come to heal their sickness.
Some ask for blessings or wishes.
Some repay their wishes with offerings
of a jar of liquor and a chicken.
Tell me what happened.
My husband found this cobra
and made liquor out of it.
I told him not to drink it,
but he didn't listen.
His arms and legs went numb.
He doesn't have any strength.
Where did you get it from?
I got it from the cemetery.
This is the cause of your misery,
paying for your bad karma,
because you're drinking the soul
that resided in this animal.
Can you treat every illness?
If someone has cancer
and they come to see me,
they will die for sure.
I can only treat illnesses
that happen from the unseen,
such as black magic,
or if a spirit has harmed you,
I can cure it.
But if it's a normal illness,
I advise you go see a doctor.
I never thought of being a shaman before.
Actually, I didn't want to be one.
There was a period when I was always sick.
No matter what, I couldn't get better.
It was so painful,
to the point that I wanted to run away
to get away from it all.
Why does it have to be me?
But I didn't succeed.
So I agreed to let her take me.
Actually, it is great.
Now I get to pray every day
and do ceremonies.
And people come to see me,
asking for help when they have troubles.
Now I consider it to be very good.
I'm at ease.
I can't even remember why I first
didn't accept her, why I was mad at her.
THE SEAMSTRESS
We're going to Wiroj's funeral. Who is he?
Wiroj is
the husband of my elder sister, Noi.
He found out last year that he had cancer.
I'm sorry for your loss.
I don't know why
all the men in the Yasantia family
WIROJ YASANTIA
die under bad circumstances.
Wiroj's grandfather was stoned to death
by laborers.
Wiroj's dad,
when his factory went belly-up,
burned the factory for insurance money.
When he was caught,
he poisoned himself to death.
As for Mac, Wiroj's eldest son,
he died in a motorcycle accident
several years ago.
How have you been?
Haven't seen you for so long.
You've forgotten your family?
If no one died, we'd never see each other.
-Is this tray ready?
-Yeah, you can take it inside.
-You always forget your relatives.
-Can you stop nagging?
He's the pastor
from the church Noi goes to.
Thank you for coming.
Mink, please get a chair for the pastor.
Mink.
How are you?
Your mom told me you were
the first one to find his body.
I'm okay.
I have three siblings in my family.
There's Manit, the eldest.
If you smoke a lot,
you can't tell one thing from another.
Water? Some water?
Noi is the middle child,
and I'm the youngest.
See,
Wiroj, Noi's husband, just died.
Before this, Mac, Noi's son, passed away.
Now Noi is left with Mink,
her only daughter.
Actually,
Noi and Wiroj married a bit late.
Once they married,
Noi took over the dog-meat shop
from her mother-in-law,
Wiroj's mother.
I don't know why she did that.
The government doesn't allow it,
but Noi still secretly does it.
MANIT - PANG
NIM'S BROTHER - MANIT'S WIFE
My sisters don't get along very well.
They have had some kind of disagreement
ever since who knows when.
I've tried to talk to them
to get them to reconcile, to make up.
Make sure they're yours.
I won't take someone else's.
Thank you for coming.
Auntie.
Mom wants you to get stuff from my house.
She wrote it all down
and where everything is.
Hello, Auntie Nim.
Here.
-You already closed the door, right?
-Yes.
-Lucky won't go outside, right?
-It won't.
You brought the wrong cloth.
I wanted the thicker one.
Why don't you go get it yourself then?
Uncle, what the hell are you saying?
No one said anything, Mink.
-What the fuck did you say? Say it!
-I didn't say anything.
Just mind your own business.
Are you talking shit about me?
Who? No one's said anything.
-He cursed at me.
-I haven't done anything
-You called me a whore!
-Mink! Stop it!
Mink, don't!
I didn't call you that!
-Get him out of here, Mom!
-Mink, let's go.
-Mink, go. Leave first.
-I'm not leaving. He cursed at me!
No one's said anything at all.
-Damn it! Get out of here!
-Mink, calm down.
-Mom, let go of me!
-Calm down, Mink.
He cursed at me.
He didn't.
Does Mink usually drink a lot?
I know she drinks,
but I didn't know it was this much.
This is the first time
Mink's caused a scene.
-I see.
-Go ahead.
See you around.
Drive safely.
Mink.
Mink.
Mink.
Mink.
Who died?
The blind old woman
whose house is behind the temple.
How did she die?
I don't know.
Mink.
Mink!
WIROJ YASANTIA
Nim, what are you doing here?
What are you doing in Mink's room?
Why are you going through her things?
I asked you a question.
Why don't you answer?
Why aren't you saying anything? Gosh!
What are you looking for? Tell me
Here.
See?
Do you know what this is?
What?
What are you doing? Both of you get out.
-Mink, hold on.
-Mom, leave.
Mink, you've started to have nightmares
and hear strange things, right?
No! Nothing! Mom, get out.
-Mink
-Get out.
Get out!
Must you film everything? Seriously?
You know what the turmeric is for, right?
You must tell me if Mink shows
any strange symptoms.
Noi!
She's my child.
I can take care of her. You should leave.
What is it that Mink hangs in her closet?
It's a turmeric called Pa Ta Ba.
We believe it can protect us from spirits
and other evil things.
Why the hell did they come into
other people's rooms?
They went through my stuff too. Damn it!
It's so freaking lame.
Right?
Why did you put the Pa Ta Ba in your room?
What they did, it's so childish.
They're supposed to be the adults here.
At the funeral the other day,
why were you staring at that blind lady?
What blind lady?
Do you see someone standing over there?
Yes. I see someone there.
Why?
THE TEAM WENT OVER THE FOOTAGE
AND FOUND MINK SHOWING
SOME STRANGE BEHAVIOR.
What do Mink's recent symptoms mean?
From what I've gathered,
they can be several things.
Does that mean Ba Yan will move into Mink?
I don't know.
THE TEAM HAD AN IDEA.
IF A SHAMAN INHERITANCE IS REAL,
THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO RECORD
THE MANIFESTATION.
THEY DECIDED TO FILM MINK
AND HER FAMILY TOO.
Hey.
Are you going to film me all the time?
Most of the time.
Just make yourself comfortable.
Tell me about your job.
Sure. I work at the recruitment center.
MINK
NIM'S NIECE
RECRUITMENT CENTER
All day I assign work for people to do.
Number 6.
Hello.
I wake up at 5:00 a.m. I wake up early.
Eat and get into work
around 7:00, 8:00 a.m.
In the afternoon there aren't many people.
So I have some free time.
I'm not that tired from my work.
And do you like your job?
Yeah. I think I'm happy
helping others find jobs.
-You're telling the truth, right?
-Of course!
I sound like a beauty queen, huh?
How do you feel towards people
who are shamans, like your aunt?
Shamans?
To be honest, I think it's nonsense.
I don't think it's real.
Out of the blue, they do odd dance moves.
Acting like Hanuman. It's so weird.
I've also heard people say that
there's a Doraemon shaman.
Hilarious!
What's a Doraemon shaman?
Well, it's a Doraemon shaman.
I guess when they're taken over,
they sing the theme song.
I can speak in tongues too.
I'll show you.
See?
Anyone can do it. Have you seen
those clips? This is how they speak.
HEAVENLY MEA -What would you like?
-100 baht of meat.
Thank you.
I don't know why
they won't let us sell it.
People around here have eaten
dog meat for ages.
Oh, but you sell dog meat
and also have a pet dog.
-Doesn't it feel strange?
-I don't find it strange at all.
NOI - MINK'S MOTHER
Those who raise goldfish and carp,
don't they also eat fish?
May I ask about Ba Yan?
When Ba Yan tried to enter into you,
can you remember how you felt at the time?
Back then, I remember I was in my 20s.
I started to have weird symptoms.
Locals call it "shaman fever."
At the time, I had severe headaches,
and my period came every day straight
for five full months.
My aunt was already a shaman.
She advised me to do
an acceptance ceremony to be a shaman.
But I didn't want to.
I didn't like the idea of being a shaman.
So I converted to Christianity.
I prayed to God
that I would not become a shaman.
For if you forgive others
their trespasses,
your heavenly father
will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive others
their trespasses,
neither will your father forgive
your trespasses.
But something happened with Nim,
my younger sister.
Nim went to study dressmaking in the city.
They said that she fainted and blacked out
without knowing the cause.
We had to go get her
and bring her back home.
After that,
Ba Yan entered into Nim instead.
No one knows what happened.
Thinking about it now, I do feel guilty
that Nim took my place as the shaman.
And what if now
Ba Yan wants to move to Mink.
What will you do?
If you're going to ask me stupid
questions, then you can stop asking.
And stop filming.
Whoa, Mink. You're beautiful.
Why are you wearing baby shoes?
Girl, on the parade day,
you're gonna be the prettiest.
Is it comfortable?
It's fine. But it's a bit loose.
They'll take it in for me.
Oh, I see.
Lisa, have you noticed Mink
acting strange lately?
Recently,
I guess you could call it strange.
LISA
MINK'S BEST FRIEND
It's like she's faking or something,
like she's not her real self.
Here, just a sec.
Mink, where are you going?
Girl, it's for kids. You can't play.
I want to.
Are you out of your mind? Get out.
Mink. Cray-cray.
Mink! What the hell is wrong with you?
Mink!
What are you doing?
Hey.
Hey.
Can you not film me all the time?
I'm a mess right now.
Stop filming.
RECRUITMENT CENTER
Mink, you bitch.
You ditched me to go with some guy again?
If you get messed up again,
don't come to me for help.
Mink?
I'm here.
Oh, Mink.
Mink. Why are you sleeping here?
Wake up. Go wash your face and start work.
Mink? Mink?
What's wrong?
Mink?
Where did you sleep last night?
I called, but you didn't pick up.
It's time you stop drinking.
Mink?
What's with you?
It's just my period.
What's with the nagging?
Wait, talk to me first. For how long?
Mink!
Talk to me.
Has it been long since you've had it?
-Pang, where's Manit?
-He went out to meet friends.
-Do you know who?
-No idea.
Manit! What are you doing here?
Don't you give a shit
about your wife and kid?
Get up and come with me.
I need to talk to you about something.
Now!
Right now, Mink's symptoms are
like yours and Nim's back then, right?
That's right.
You must have Nim do
the acceptance ceremony for Mink.
You know I don't want my child
to be a shaman.
But if Ba Yan really wants Mink,
what can you do?
I don't know what I have to do.
Think it over.
What the hell is it with you?
Calm down, sweetie.
-Stop being nosy, hag!
-Hey! Why are you doing that?
-What are you doing?
-Stop the car!
-Get off!
-No!
-Stop!
-I said I'm not getting off!
-Have you lost it?
-Damn all of you!
-You! Get lost!
-Come on. Let's go.
Damn you!
Damn all of you.
Shit.
Damn it.
Why the hell did they chase me off?
Assholes.
I hope you all die.
I hope all of you die.
Is this all you got?
Yes.
Has Mink ever acted strange,
like she's someone else?
Well, she sometimes acts like a kid.
Anything else,
aside from acting like a kid?
From our footage,
there isn't anything else.
Have you seen my beaded bracelet?
It might have fallen off here
when I came to get things for Noi.
-What bracelet?
-My brown bracelet.
-The one you always wear, right?
-Yeah.
Where did you go that day?
I came to get the meds here, and I went
up to Noi's room to get the scarf.
It might have fallen off there.
Noi, go up and take a look for Nim.
It isn't around here.
I really need it.
Could you please look for me?
Look thoroughly.
Mink?
-Mink?
-Mink?
Mink.
Mink?
Mink, are you okay?
Recently have you heard
someone calling you?
And did you happen to answer them?
-There has been, right?
-Nim! What are you talking to her?
They're not talking about anything.
Just small talk between aunt and niece.
-What did you say to her?
-Nothing.
-You told her to come, didn't you?
-What are you talking about?
She came looking for her bracelet. It fell
off the day she came to get your stuff.
-Mink?
-Fine. I'm leaving now.
Mink, what is it?
What did Auntie say?
What did she talk to you about?
What is it?
Mom.
Tell me.
Mom, I don't want to be a shaman.
I won't let you be one.
I won't let it happen.
-Don't be afraid.
-You have to help me.
-Don't be afraid.
-Mom, you have to help me.
Why do you think Nim came to see Mink?
She wants Mink to replace her as a shaman.
She doesn't have any children.
But no matter what,
I won't let my child be a shaman.
Ms. Kanda Yasantia,
receive your medicine at counter two.
I'll get it for you. Wait here.
I've got headaches.
It feels like my head's gonna explode.
Stomachaches. Backaches.
And that part also hurts.
When it hurts,
it feels like it's going to rip apart.
The doctor said he doesn't know
what's wrong either.
He doesn't know the cause.
Have you dreamed
of anything strange lately?
I have the same dream repeatedly
almost every night.
In my dreams, I see a huge man.
He's wearing a red loincloth and red vest
with some kind of talisman all over it.
In my dreams,
he's holding a long sword.
He stomps his foot
and licks the blood from the sword.
And
there's a decapitated head
and blood all over the floor.
It's like the head is trying
to tell me something.
And what is the head saying?
I try to listen to what it's saying,
but there isn't any sound that comes out.
Mink.
Mink?
Mink?
-Are you okay?
-Leave me alone!
Mink, can you get up?
Can you get up?
Come on.
Get out!
I think we should go to the hospital.
Let's go.
Leave me alone. Get out!
Kanda, may I have a word with you?
You can't film anymore.
What the fuck are you saying?
How can you fire me? Asshole!
Screw you!
Mink?
-Did you take your meds this morning?
-Mink!
-Will you be okay?
-Mink, come change.
I'll be outside.
Done. Wait for us to do your hair.
Mink?
Mink?
Hey!
GOD REMAINS WITH US
Mink!
Mink!
Whoa, she's so gorgeous.
-Mink.
-Mink?
-Mink.
-Mink.
Mink.
Mink.
-Mink.
-Mink.
-Mink.
-Mink.
Why doesn't she look at us?
Mink!
BORDER CROSSING POIN Where are you going now?
To work.
What are you doing here? Get out!
Security! Get her out of here.
The thing is,
stuff in our office went missing.
SUMETH
RECRUITMENT CENTER DIRECTOR
So I took a look at the CCTV
and found this.
As you can see
Look.
Disgusting.
This woman is shameless.
Mink?
Mink?
Are you taking a shower?
Mink?
Mink!
-Noi!
-Manit!
-What is it, Noi?
-Oh, God!
Shit!
Go get some towels. Noi, call the doctor!
Hurry, call an ambulance.
Get me some towels.
Shit! Noi! Be careful.
It's the hospital, right?
Send an ambulance right away.
What happened?
Why?
Nim.
Nim. I now surrender.
I'll let Mink do the acceptance ceremony.
Please hold the acceptance ceremony
for Mink.
I don't want to see my child like this.
Mink can't do the acceptance ceremony.
Why not?
Because what's taken hold of Mink
isn't Ba Yan.
How come it's not?
Mink's symptoms are like
what you and I had.
If Mink agrees to become a shaman,
her symptoms will disappear too, right?
I can't let Mink do the ceremony.
You have to do it for Mink.
Manit, come with me.
Nim.
I'm gonna go with Nim then.
Nim, you have to do it for her.
She's your niece. Don't you pity her?
Open the door.
Open what door?
-This door.
-What are you going to do?
Hurry, will you?
Are you sure?
Tell me first, what are you gonna do?
Tell me the truth. How did Mac really die?
Everyone knows that
his motorcycle flipped over.
Tell me the truth.
I know
Mink and Mac had something going on.
Do you know
what the soul of someone
who commits suicide becomes?
Do you?
Tell me where Mac killed himself.
THE TEAM IS CERTAIN
MINK'S SYMPTOMS
AREN'T RELATED TO INHERITANCE,
BUT THERE IS "SOMETHING ELSE"
POSSESSING MINK.
Sit down slowly.
Now that Nim won't do
the acceptance ceremony for Mink,
do you know what you're going to do next?
If she won't help me,
I'll find my own way.
Even if
it may go against my religion.
I must do it.
Mac!
Tell me. All of this is your doing, right?
I know that you love her,
but you can't take her.
Do you hear me?
Are you really going to do this, Noi?
Yeah. Just drive.
-Get the stuff and come upstairs.
-All right.
Stop right now!
Stop! I said stop!
-Stop!
-Nim!
-Stop it!
-Why are you doing this?
How could you do
a random ceremony like this?
What if she receives some evil spirit?
What do you expect me to do?
She is about to die.
-You won't help me.
-You don't understand.
Why wouldn't I help you?
-I have my own way.
-When are you gonna help me?
-Why did you do the ceremony with him?
-You want me to watch my child die?
Do you know who he is? Mink.
When are you going to help?
Are you going to let her die?
Mink?
Mink! Mink! Stop it, Mink!
Mink! Mink, stop!
Stop! Mink!
Mink.
Mink?
Mink?
Mink?
Mink!
Mink!
Mink!
-Mink!
-Mink!
-Mink!
-Mink!
Mink? Mink?
-Mink?
-Mink!
Mink.
Mink?
-Mink?
-Mink!
Mink?
Mink!
Nim.
What about Mink?
Mink.
-Where's Mink, Nim?
-Lie down. Lie down first.
What about Mink?
Did you find Mink? Did you find her?
Mink! Why is she like this, Nim?
You have to help Mink.
You have to help her, Nim.
The only way to find her is
to hold a ceremony.
But first things first.
Noi must open her heart
to accept Ba Yan
and beg for her forgiveness,
even if she once shunned Ba Yan,
which is a serious matter.
But I believe she will have mercy on Noi.
Lift it above your head.
If Noi really opens her heart to her,
Ba Yan will definitely forgive her.
Give the offerings to her.
What's that smell?
Go through it all.
We have to gather all the foul things
Mink's collected from various places
and do a ceremony.
What is this? Take a look.
Because in these things, there are traces
of the spirits Mink came in contact with.
Nim. Look here.
She even kept this under the bed.
She has baby shoes too.
Nim.
Take everything out of here.
Take it all away.
And we must do the ceremony
where Mac killed himself.
I'll have to pray to Mac not to harm Mink.
I have to let Mac know,
even if he loved Mink, or was mad
and seeking revenge on this family,
I won't let him do anything to her.
Actually, I don't even know
how much longer I have to pray.
No matter how long it takes,
I'll just keep doing it
until I know where Mac took Mink.
A taxi saw the announcement,
so he gave the clip from his dash cam
to the police.
The driver said that he picked Mink up
around 3:00 a.m.
When she got in,
he asked her questions,
but she didn't answer.
After that, you can see
what happened in the clip.
Hey.
Where are you going?
Hey!
Hey!
What the hell?
Fine, I'm gonna leave now.
Shit!
Damn it.
Maybe this clip is edited?
I had someone take a look at the scene.
There hasn't been any other leads on Mink.
If there is any more news,
I'll let you know.
I'm worried for my daughter.
I don't know where she is now,
alive or dead.
All I can do is pray
to the Lord
and any other gods out there.
Please bring my daughter back to me.
I already went everywhere.
Everyone's house--
all her friends' houses, all her exes'.
I went everywhere, but no one's seen her.
I've prayed and done everything I could.
If it had worked, she'd be back by now.
HEAVENLY MEA SEAMSTRESS TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Ever since Mink disappeared,
everyone in the family is miserable,
especially Noi.
She can't eat or sleep at all.
A month has already passed.
We haven't received any news.
Are you wasting taxpayers' money?
-It's not like that.
-Police are all the same!
No matter which station.
It's been a month.
All I see is you sitting around.
You guys just sit around.
-I don't see you doing anything.
-They're working.
I just see you with your eyes open,
that's all. Is this what you call working?
There hasn't been any more news.
Nothing.
No news, no leads from anywhere at all.
I've been completely tricked so far.
It's done by the ones that have
nothing to do with Mac.
Then who are they?
YASANTIA THREAD FACTORY
Mink?
Mink?
Mink? Mink?
Mink?
Mink? Mink? Mink?
Mink? Mink, wake up.
Right now the patient is safe,
but she might be malnourished.
She has bruises and scratches,
but they're not so bad.
Will my daughter go back to normal again?
When the patient regains consciousness,
we'll reevaluate her symptoms.
Right now, things are becoming clearer.
It's a good thing
that it didn't kill Mink.
I'm going to go up the mountain again.
I have to pray and beg Ba Yan once more.
Who did this to you, Ba Yan?
Where did you go?
What did you do? Tell me.
Try to take at least one bite.
It didn't even go in her mouth.
MINK IS COMPLETELY
POSSESSED NOW.
Who are you?
I asked, who are you?
I'm Ba Yan.
I asked, who are you?
Why don't you guess who I am?
Try guessing.
Hey! What's with you?
Mink?
Have you lost it? You're crazy!
Why is she like this?
-Mink?
-Mink!
Don't you like young girls' pussies?
Don't you like it?
Why are you doing this? Mink!
Mink, why are you doing this?
-Get her off.
-Let go of me!
-Get her off.
-Let me go!
-Hold her down.
-Let go!
-Why are you like this?
-Let go!
Hold her down. Quick.
Put her index finger in the glass!
Mink.
You know,
the reason you're like this
is because of your beloved sister.
She planned to get you to wear
her clothes every day.
She put talismans in your shoes.
She did everything to get you
to be the shaman instead of her.
Did you know?
Go find something to tie her up with.
Hurry!
Tie her up tightly.
Hurry up.
Hurry! When you're done, get out.
Get out first. Stop filming already.
Get out! Out!
Everyone, get out.
I need to find someone to help me.
Nim.
About what Mink just said
I'm sorry.
It's fine. I'm going to help her anyway.
Santi.
Are you still involved with these clowns?
I still have to make a living, you know.
Mink.
Hey, wait.
You guys
took her to do some random
acceptance ceremony, right?
Mink's condition right now
is like a car that has the key left in it.
Anyone can drive it anywhere.
And who is this spirit?
It's not just one.
I don't know who they are.
If you want me to count how many,
it's also impossible.
All I know is that
they're all in it together
because they're vindictive.
And it's this vengeance
that attracted all the wandering ghosts
as well as the lost spirits of beasts
such as snakes, dogs, centipedes, spiders,
and those of plants and grass.
All of them have gathered together
to become a very powerful, evil demon.
Right here. This is where I found Mink.
We'll conduct the ceremony right here,
where all the evil spirits
originated from.
If we can get rid of them all,
their slivers in Mink will also disappear.
And why does it have to be Mink?
Do you know about the ancestors
of your husband's family?
Wiroj's ancestors beheaded
thousands of people.
The last wishes of those dying people
were to curse the family,
and their children and offspring
never stopped making bad karma.
And Wiroj
married you.
The one who rejected Ba Yan.
From then on
everything was destined to be that
the one who has to pay redemption is Mink.
Do you think it's reasonable?
About what Santi said,
that everything was destined.
You don't have to worry.
We'll get the auspicious date soon.
Destined by who?
God?
Buddha?
Other deities?
If it's the ancestors
that created bad karma,
why does Mink have to pay for it?
Why not me?
Go sit over there first.
You don't have to think too much.
Once the ceremony is done,
Mink will get better.
Ba Yan will help us.
Back then, when I was sick,
everyone said Ba Yan
was going to possess me.
But I didn't feel anything.
I was just sick.
Let me ask you something.
Have you ever seen Ba Yan?
Is there really a Ba Yan?
Of course there is.
Have you ever seen her?
No.
Then how do you know?
I can feel it.
I can feel her.
You have to believe in Ba Yan,
and she will help us.
To perform this ceremony,
the more evil and dangerous the spirits
are, the more I have to be prepared.
I have to make lots of talismans
and consecrate them all,
including a sacred wand.
I consecrate them over and over
with all the power I have.
And I also have to prepare holy water,
candles and incense.
It's really an extravagant affair.
Most importantly,
I have to do the ceremony with Nim.
Nim and I have to be united as one.
It's really tough, but it's challenging.
Although I've been doing this for
a long time. Let's see how tough they are.
SANTI
CEREMONY LEADER
She won't eat anything.
When I talk with her, she's not receptive.
I'm really stressed out.
Nim hasn't come either.
She's been busy
with the ceremony preparations.
One other thing.
Every morning when I come down,
the house is a total mess.
It must be Mink. She does it every night.
I don't know what she does.
THE TEAM DECIDES TO INSTALL
CAMERAS INSIDE THE HOUSE
TO OBSERVE MINK'S BEHAVIOR
AT NIGHT.
6 DAYS BEFORE THE CEREMONY
Lucky.
Lucky.
Lucky.
What's wrong, Lucky?
5 DAYS BEFORE THE CEREMONY
4 DAYS BEFORE THE CEREMONY
3 DAYS BEFORE THE CEREMONY
If you set up cameras everywhere
like this, then no more filming.
-Manit
-Pack your stuff and go! I won't allow it!
I'm asking you,
please watch till the very end.
-Please.
-What?
Why is she like this?
If she's become crazy like this,
how can we keep living together?
You can go live wherever you want.
I'm staying here with my child.
I admit that
it looks scary.
But she's still my child.
It won't be long till she gets better.
Nim will help her.
Nim is an expert.
She's helped lots of people.
She can definitely help Mink.
Don't you think?
AFTER SEEING MINK'S BEHAVIOR,
THE FAMILY MEMBERS ALLOWED THE
TEAM TO INSTALL MORE CAMERAS.
My stomach hurts.
2 DAYS BEFORE THE CEREMONY
Done.
She can't get out anymore.
She can only dream of getting out.
That's it. Let's go. All done.
Mink!
Mink!
Guys, wake up! You need to get up!
Holy shit.
Pong!
Pong! Mink! Mink!
Mink!
Pang!
Pang!
-Pong! Pong!
-What is it, Manit?
-Where is Pong? What is it?
-Mink took Pong!
-Huh?
-Mink took my son!
-Where did she take him?
-Let's go look.
-She took my son.
-Where did she take Pong?
Mink.
Let's go find him.
Pong!
Where did she take him?
Come on. Let's go search.
Mink! Why did you take my kid?
Have you lost it?
Mink.
Mink?
Mink!
Mink!
Mink!
-Have you seen Mink?
-No.
Mink!
Mink!
Mink!
Damn it! Why are you doing this?
Mink! Where are you?
Mink!
Pong.
Pong!
Pong!
Pong!
My boy.
Pong!
Pong!
It's all right now, baby.
Mink?
Mink!
Mink!
Mink!
Mink!
Mink!
Mink.
Mink! What the hell?
Mink!
Mink.
Let go of him.
1 DAY BEFORE THE CEREMONY
Nim.
Is something wrong?
I've been calling her since last night,
but she hasn't answered.
I can hear her phone ringing inside.
Why won't she answer it?
I'll go get help. Okay.
Nim.
Nim?
Nim!
Where are you?
Nim?
Why are there so many maggots?
Nim? Nim?
Nim!
Nim! Nim!
Wake up. Why are you sleeping like this?
Nim!
Nim! Nim!
Hurry! Come help me!
I don't know what's with her! Quick! Nim!
NIM DIED WHILE ASLEEP.
ISAN PEOPLE CALL IT "LAI TAI."
DOCTORS COULD NOT CONCLUDE
THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
Nim died because of me.
Mink is like this because of me.
I have no one left in my life.
From now on, I'm going to do everything
to protect my daughter from harm.
I'm even willing to die.
Why did Nim die?
The spirits did it, right?
There's no way we can know.
What's that supposed to mean?
Why are you saying such things?
Master, what are we supposed to do now?
Don't worry.
Tomorrow we will conduct the ceremony
as planned.
DAY OF CEREMONY
-Put it here?
-Yeah, put it over there.
Master Santi,
please tell us about today's ceremony.
The ceremony will take place
on the fifth floor.
The first thing I have to do is
summon the evil spirits to gather
into Mink's body.
Then I'll expel the spirits
into the cursed pot.
And I'll take the pot to the ground floor,
bury it,
and perform a spell-binding ritual.
Based on what happened to Nim,
will it be too risky to let Mink still be
a part of the ceremony?
Well, yeah.
But have you noticed
the back of Manit's car?
It has a sticker that says,
"This car is red."
THIS CAR IS RED
What does that have to do
with the ceremony?
Don't let anyone
leave the area of the ceremony at all
until the ceremony is over.
Come and eat!
Come on! Come and get it! Come!
Why did she scream?
I don't know.
Noi!
Noi!
Noi!
-Noi.
-How is she?
-She's just blacked out.
-Take her to rest up.
Noi! Noi!
Noi!
How are you, Noi?
Can you hear me?
Is there anyone out there?
Why am I being locked up?
Mom? Are you outside?
Please open the door.
Did the spirit leave already?
I don't know.
Pang?
Mink?
Pang, open the door for me.
Mink?
You're better now, right?
Open the door.
She's well now, right?
Pang, I'm in here. Open the door, please.
I don't know. The master told us not to
open the door if the ceremony isn't over.
-Please open the door.
-Mink?
Open the door for me, please.
I'm locked up in here.
Hold on.
-Pang, please open the door.
-Mink.
No one has called to let us know yet.
Pang. Where are all of you? Pang?
-Mink?
-Pang, open the door.
Mink, are you okay?
Mink?
Pong.
Open the door. My son is in there.
-We can't.
-Open it!
Open it! My son is in there!
We can't.
No matter what, we can't open it.
He's in there! Can't you hear him? Huh?
How can that be?
I just saw your son in the crib.
He's in there! Are you deaf?
My son is in there. Pong!
Master Santi ordered us not to open it.
-Take a look in the crib.
-Mink! Please don't do anything to Pong!
Open the door.
-I can't.
-Open it right now!
-Go look in the crib for me.
-Open it! Open it, damn it!
-Go look in the crib!
-Okay!
Open it!
Pang! Pang!
You can't go in!
Pang!
-Pong!
-Pang!
Master, why do you stop here?
Master?
Master?
-What the hell?
-Master?
Master?
Master?
Master?
Master?
Master?
Master, what's wrong?
No! Master!
Pong!
Pong!
Mink, where is Pong?
Mink?
Mink?
Mink?
Mink?
Shit!
-Shit!
-Open up!
Open the door! Help!
Help me!
Help!
Help!
I can't open it.
Don't.
No!
Shit!
Why did the lights go out?
Turn on the camera's light.
Okay.
Shit. Where did everyone go?
Hey. What happened? Where is everybody?
Let's get the hell out of here.
Fuck this!
Shit, so damn dark
Holy shit.
Oh, hell.
Manit!
Manit!
Noi.
Noi.
Manit.
Are you all right?
Are you okay?
I can feel it now.
Ba Yan is with me now.
Ba Yan is with me now.
Ba Yan is here to help me.
The ceremony must be continued.
Go get the potsherd.
We'll perform the spell-binding ritual
once again.
Go! Hurry!
Give me the incense.
Can I film you instead?
Why did she put them in that way?
No, no, no!
Manit, don't! No!
You, evil spirit,
leave my child's body now.
You're going to surrender now
to the mighty power of Ba Yan!
Mom.
Mom.
Mom.
Mink?
Mink?
Mink, it's you, right?
Mink?
It's you, right?
Mink?
Please return my child.
Give me back my child.
Return her
Mink? Can you hear me?
Mink, are you still in there?
Mink
Don't-- Don't do it. Don't do this to me.
Mink.
Can you hear me?
Mink! I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Come back to me, Mink. Mink?
God, please help Mink.
God, please help Mink.
Mink, don't give up hope.
Don't do this.
Don't do this to me.
"YASANTIA"
NIM'S LAST INTERVIEW
What just happened in front of the altar?
I was just thinking of
the day of the ceremony.
I don't know what will happen.
Why?
Any problems with the preparations?
It might mean nothing at all.
What do you mean?
Honestly
I've never really known
I was never really sure
if Ba Yan actually possessed me or not.
What do you mean?
I don't know anymore.
Subtitle translation by: Karina Suvapataya
for ages.
Maybe even before there was any religion.
But the meaning of spirits for Isan people
might not be the same as for most.
We believe everything
that goes beyond nature
is all called spirits,
not just the souls of dead people.
We believe spirits are
in every single thing.
In houses,
in forests, in mountains
in trees,
in rice fields.
Every area has spirits. All of them.
IN 2018,
A DOCUMENTARY TEAM TRAVELED
ALL OVER THAILAND
TO STUDY THE LIVES OF SHAMANS.
AFTER INTERVIEWING MANY SHAMANS,
THE TEAM DECIDED TO STUDY
THE LIFE OF NIM,
THE SHAMAN OF "GODDESS BA YAN."
For Isan people, spirits have many types,
such as Phee Fah, Phee Tan,
Phee Sua, Phee Ban, Phee Muang
They're all spirits.
NIM, "BA YAN" SHAMAN
There are good spirits that protect us
and evil spirits
that haunt us and make us sick.
And the spirit within you? Who is that?
Let me say it in a central dialect.
They call it "possessing."
In Isan, they call it "Ma Tiam."
I'm the shaman for Goddess Ba Yan.
Ba Yan is an ancestral spirit.
She's a good spirit
who has protected the villages
for a long time.
Actually, no one knows who she is
or where she's from,
but they've paid respect to her
for many generations.
"SHAMAN BLOODLINE"
A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE SHAMAN
INHERITANCE IN A FAMILY.
My family has been Ba Yan's shaman
for many generations.
Ever since I was born,
I saw my grandmother as her medium.
Ba Yan only chooses women
to be her medium.
Lots of locals would come to see us.
Every year we do a ceremony.
A very big one.
The locals will ask
how the village will fare
for the coming year.
After my grandmother died,
the next person to inherit Ba Yan
was my aunt.
After my aunt, the next shaman was
supposed to be Noi, my elder sister
NOI - NIM
but Noi declined the inheritance.
Ba Yan then chose
me instead.
Don't shamans have to shake their bodies
or change their voices?
You might have watched too much TV.
It doesn't have to be like that.
As you've seen,
people come see me every day.
Some come to heal their sickness.
Some ask for blessings or wishes.
Some repay their wishes with offerings
of a jar of liquor and a chicken.
Tell me what happened.
My husband found this cobra
and made liquor out of it.
I told him not to drink it,
but he didn't listen.
His arms and legs went numb.
He doesn't have any strength.
Where did you get it from?
I got it from the cemetery.
This is the cause of your misery,
paying for your bad karma,
because you're drinking the soul
that resided in this animal.
Can you treat every illness?
If someone has cancer
and they come to see me,
they will die for sure.
I can only treat illnesses
that happen from the unseen,
such as black magic,
or if a spirit has harmed you,
I can cure it.
But if it's a normal illness,
I advise you go see a doctor.
I never thought of being a shaman before.
Actually, I didn't want to be one.
There was a period when I was always sick.
No matter what, I couldn't get better.
It was so painful,
to the point that I wanted to run away
to get away from it all.
Why does it have to be me?
But I didn't succeed.
So I agreed to let her take me.
Actually, it is great.
Now I get to pray every day
and do ceremonies.
And people come to see me,
asking for help when they have troubles.
Now I consider it to be very good.
I'm at ease.
I can't even remember why I first
didn't accept her, why I was mad at her.
THE SEAMSTRESS
We're going to Wiroj's funeral. Who is he?
Wiroj is
the husband of my elder sister, Noi.
He found out last year that he had cancer.
I'm sorry for your loss.
I don't know why
all the men in the Yasantia family
WIROJ YASANTIA
die under bad circumstances.
Wiroj's grandfather was stoned to death
by laborers.
Wiroj's dad,
when his factory went belly-up,
burned the factory for insurance money.
When he was caught,
he poisoned himself to death.
As for Mac, Wiroj's eldest son,
he died in a motorcycle accident
several years ago.
How have you been?
Haven't seen you for so long.
You've forgotten your family?
If no one died, we'd never see each other.
-Is this tray ready?
-Yeah, you can take it inside.
-You always forget your relatives.
-Can you stop nagging?
He's the pastor
from the church Noi goes to.
Thank you for coming.
Mink, please get a chair for the pastor.
Mink.
How are you?
Your mom told me you were
the first one to find his body.
I'm okay.
I have three siblings in my family.
There's Manit, the eldest.
If you smoke a lot,
you can't tell one thing from another.
Water? Some water?
Noi is the middle child,
and I'm the youngest.
See,
Wiroj, Noi's husband, just died.
Before this, Mac, Noi's son, passed away.
Now Noi is left with Mink,
her only daughter.
Actually,
Noi and Wiroj married a bit late.
Once they married,
Noi took over the dog-meat shop
from her mother-in-law,
Wiroj's mother.
I don't know why she did that.
The government doesn't allow it,
but Noi still secretly does it.
MANIT - PANG
NIM'S BROTHER - MANIT'S WIFE
My sisters don't get along very well.
They have had some kind of disagreement
ever since who knows when.
I've tried to talk to them
to get them to reconcile, to make up.
Make sure they're yours.
I won't take someone else's.
Thank you for coming.
Auntie.
Mom wants you to get stuff from my house.
She wrote it all down
and where everything is.
Hello, Auntie Nim.
Here.
-You already closed the door, right?
-Yes.
-Lucky won't go outside, right?
-It won't.
You brought the wrong cloth.
I wanted the thicker one.
Why don't you go get it yourself then?
Uncle, what the hell are you saying?
No one said anything, Mink.
-What the fuck did you say? Say it!
-I didn't say anything.
Just mind your own business.
Are you talking shit about me?
Who? No one's said anything.
-He cursed at me.
-I haven't done anything
-You called me a whore!
-Mink! Stop it!
Mink, don't!
I didn't call you that!
-Get him out of here, Mom!
-Mink, let's go.
-Mink, go. Leave first.
-I'm not leaving. He cursed at me!
No one's said anything at all.
-Damn it! Get out of here!
-Mink, calm down.
-Mom, let go of me!
-Calm down, Mink.
He cursed at me.
He didn't.
Does Mink usually drink a lot?
I know she drinks,
but I didn't know it was this much.
This is the first time
Mink's caused a scene.
-I see.
-Go ahead.
See you around.
Drive safely.
Mink.
Mink.
Mink.
Mink.
Who died?
The blind old woman
whose house is behind the temple.
How did she die?
I don't know.
Mink.
Mink!
WIROJ YASANTIA
Nim, what are you doing here?
What are you doing in Mink's room?
Why are you going through her things?
I asked you a question.
Why don't you answer?
Why aren't you saying anything? Gosh!
What are you looking for? Tell me
Here.
See?
Do you know what this is?
What?
What are you doing? Both of you get out.
-Mink, hold on.
-Mom, leave.
Mink, you've started to have nightmares
and hear strange things, right?
No! Nothing! Mom, get out.
-Mink
-Get out.
Get out!
Must you film everything? Seriously?
You know what the turmeric is for, right?
You must tell me if Mink shows
any strange symptoms.
Noi!
She's my child.
I can take care of her. You should leave.
What is it that Mink hangs in her closet?
It's a turmeric called Pa Ta Ba.
We believe it can protect us from spirits
and other evil things.
Why the hell did they come into
other people's rooms?
They went through my stuff too. Damn it!
It's so freaking lame.
Right?
Why did you put the Pa Ta Ba in your room?
What they did, it's so childish.
They're supposed to be the adults here.
At the funeral the other day,
why were you staring at that blind lady?
What blind lady?
Do you see someone standing over there?
Yes. I see someone there.
Why?
THE TEAM WENT OVER THE FOOTAGE
AND FOUND MINK SHOWING
SOME STRANGE BEHAVIOR.
What do Mink's recent symptoms mean?
From what I've gathered,
they can be several things.
Does that mean Ba Yan will move into Mink?
I don't know.
THE TEAM HAD AN IDEA.
IF A SHAMAN INHERITANCE IS REAL,
THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO RECORD
THE MANIFESTATION.
THEY DECIDED TO FILM MINK
AND HER FAMILY TOO.
Hey.
Are you going to film me all the time?
Most of the time.
Just make yourself comfortable.
Tell me about your job.
Sure. I work at the recruitment center.
MINK
NIM'S NIECE
RECRUITMENT CENTER
All day I assign work for people to do.
Number 6.
Hello.
I wake up at 5:00 a.m. I wake up early.
Eat and get into work
around 7:00, 8:00 a.m.
In the afternoon there aren't many people.
So I have some free time.
I'm not that tired from my work.
And do you like your job?
Yeah. I think I'm happy
helping others find jobs.
-You're telling the truth, right?
-Of course!
I sound like a beauty queen, huh?
How do you feel towards people
who are shamans, like your aunt?
Shamans?
To be honest, I think it's nonsense.
I don't think it's real.
Out of the blue, they do odd dance moves.
Acting like Hanuman. It's so weird.
I've also heard people say that
there's a Doraemon shaman.
Hilarious!
What's a Doraemon shaman?
Well, it's a Doraemon shaman.
I guess when they're taken over,
they sing the theme song.
I can speak in tongues too.
I'll show you.
See?
Anyone can do it. Have you seen
those clips? This is how they speak.
HEAVENLY MEA -What would you like?
-100 baht of meat.
Thank you.
I don't know why
they won't let us sell it.
People around here have eaten
dog meat for ages.
Oh, but you sell dog meat
and also have a pet dog.
-Doesn't it feel strange?
-I don't find it strange at all.
NOI - MINK'S MOTHER
Those who raise goldfish and carp,
don't they also eat fish?
May I ask about Ba Yan?
When Ba Yan tried to enter into you,
can you remember how you felt at the time?
Back then, I remember I was in my 20s.
I started to have weird symptoms.
Locals call it "shaman fever."
At the time, I had severe headaches,
and my period came every day straight
for five full months.
My aunt was already a shaman.
She advised me to do
an acceptance ceremony to be a shaman.
But I didn't want to.
I didn't like the idea of being a shaman.
So I converted to Christianity.
I prayed to God
that I would not become a shaman.
For if you forgive others
their trespasses,
your heavenly father
will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive others
their trespasses,
neither will your father forgive
your trespasses.
But something happened with Nim,
my younger sister.
Nim went to study dressmaking in the city.
They said that she fainted and blacked out
without knowing the cause.
We had to go get her
and bring her back home.
After that,
Ba Yan entered into Nim instead.
No one knows what happened.
Thinking about it now, I do feel guilty
that Nim took my place as the shaman.
And what if now
Ba Yan wants to move to Mink.
What will you do?
If you're going to ask me stupid
questions, then you can stop asking.
And stop filming.
Whoa, Mink. You're beautiful.
Why are you wearing baby shoes?
Girl, on the parade day,
you're gonna be the prettiest.
Is it comfortable?
It's fine. But it's a bit loose.
They'll take it in for me.
Oh, I see.
Lisa, have you noticed Mink
acting strange lately?
Recently,
I guess you could call it strange.
LISA
MINK'S BEST FRIEND
It's like she's faking or something,
like she's not her real self.
Here, just a sec.
Mink, where are you going?
Girl, it's for kids. You can't play.
I want to.
Are you out of your mind? Get out.
Mink. Cray-cray.
Mink! What the hell is wrong with you?
Mink!
What are you doing?
Hey.
Hey.
Can you not film me all the time?
I'm a mess right now.
Stop filming.
RECRUITMENT CENTER
Mink, you bitch.
You ditched me to go with some guy again?
If you get messed up again,
don't come to me for help.
Mink?
I'm here.
Oh, Mink.
Mink. Why are you sleeping here?
Wake up. Go wash your face and start work.
Mink? Mink?
What's wrong?
Mink?
Where did you sleep last night?
I called, but you didn't pick up.
It's time you stop drinking.
Mink?
What's with you?
It's just my period.
What's with the nagging?
Wait, talk to me first. For how long?
Mink!
Talk to me.
Has it been long since you've had it?
-Pang, where's Manit?
-He went out to meet friends.
-Do you know who?
-No idea.
Manit! What are you doing here?
Don't you give a shit
about your wife and kid?
Get up and come with me.
I need to talk to you about something.
Now!
Right now, Mink's symptoms are
like yours and Nim's back then, right?
That's right.
You must have Nim do
the acceptance ceremony for Mink.
You know I don't want my child
to be a shaman.
But if Ba Yan really wants Mink,
what can you do?
I don't know what I have to do.
Think it over.
What the hell is it with you?
Calm down, sweetie.
-Stop being nosy, hag!
-Hey! Why are you doing that?
-What are you doing?
-Stop the car!
-Get off!
-No!
-Stop!
-I said I'm not getting off!
-Have you lost it?
-Damn all of you!
-You! Get lost!
-Come on. Let's go.
Damn you!
Damn all of you.
Shit.
Damn it.
Why the hell did they chase me off?
Assholes.
I hope you all die.
I hope all of you die.
Is this all you got?
Yes.
Has Mink ever acted strange,
like she's someone else?
Well, she sometimes acts like a kid.
Anything else,
aside from acting like a kid?
From our footage,
there isn't anything else.
Have you seen my beaded bracelet?
It might have fallen off here
when I came to get things for Noi.
-What bracelet?
-My brown bracelet.
-The one you always wear, right?
-Yeah.
Where did you go that day?
I came to get the meds here, and I went
up to Noi's room to get the scarf.
It might have fallen off there.
Noi, go up and take a look for Nim.
It isn't around here.
I really need it.
Could you please look for me?
Look thoroughly.
Mink?
-Mink?
-Mink?
Mink.
Mink?
Mink, are you okay?
Recently have you heard
someone calling you?
And did you happen to answer them?
-There has been, right?
-Nim! What are you talking to her?
They're not talking about anything.
Just small talk between aunt and niece.
-What did you say to her?
-Nothing.
-You told her to come, didn't you?
-What are you talking about?
She came looking for her bracelet. It fell
off the day she came to get your stuff.
-Mink?
-Fine. I'm leaving now.
Mink, what is it?
What did Auntie say?
What did she talk to you about?
What is it?
Mom.
Tell me.
Mom, I don't want to be a shaman.
I won't let you be one.
I won't let it happen.
-Don't be afraid.
-You have to help me.
-Don't be afraid.
-Mom, you have to help me.
Why do you think Nim came to see Mink?
She wants Mink to replace her as a shaman.
She doesn't have any children.
But no matter what,
I won't let my child be a shaman.
Ms. Kanda Yasantia,
receive your medicine at counter two.
I'll get it for you. Wait here.
I've got headaches.
It feels like my head's gonna explode.
Stomachaches. Backaches.
And that part also hurts.
When it hurts,
it feels like it's going to rip apart.
The doctor said he doesn't know
what's wrong either.
He doesn't know the cause.
Have you dreamed
of anything strange lately?
I have the same dream repeatedly
almost every night.
In my dreams, I see a huge man.
He's wearing a red loincloth and red vest
with some kind of talisman all over it.
In my dreams,
he's holding a long sword.
He stomps his foot
and licks the blood from the sword.
And
there's a decapitated head
and blood all over the floor.
It's like the head is trying
to tell me something.
And what is the head saying?
I try to listen to what it's saying,
but there isn't any sound that comes out.
Mink.
Mink?
Mink?
-Are you okay?
-Leave me alone!
Mink, can you get up?
Can you get up?
Come on.
Get out!
I think we should go to the hospital.
Let's go.
Leave me alone. Get out!
Kanda, may I have a word with you?
You can't film anymore.
What the fuck are you saying?
How can you fire me? Asshole!
Screw you!
Mink?
-Did you take your meds this morning?
-Mink!
-Will you be okay?
-Mink, come change.
I'll be outside.
Done. Wait for us to do your hair.
Mink?
Mink?
Hey!
GOD REMAINS WITH US
Mink!
Mink!
Whoa, she's so gorgeous.
-Mink.
-Mink?
-Mink.
-Mink.
Mink.
Mink.
-Mink.
-Mink.
-Mink.
-Mink.
Why doesn't she look at us?
Mink!
BORDER CROSSING POIN Where are you going now?
To work.
What are you doing here? Get out!
Security! Get her out of here.
The thing is,
stuff in our office went missing.
SUMETH
RECRUITMENT CENTER DIRECTOR
So I took a look at the CCTV
and found this.
As you can see
Look.
Disgusting.
This woman is shameless.
Mink?
Mink?
Are you taking a shower?
Mink?
Mink!
-Noi!
-Manit!
-What is it, Noi?
-Oh, God!
Shit!
Go get some towels. Noi, call the doctor!
Hurry, call an ambulance.
Get me some towels.
Shit! Noi! Be careful.
It's the hospital, right?
Send an ambulance right away.
What happened?
Why?
Nim.
Nim. I now surrender.
I'll let Mink do the acceptance ceremony.
Please hold the acceptance ceremony
for Mink.
I don't want to see my child like this.
Mink can't do the acceptance ceremony.
Why not?
Because what's taken hold of Mink
isn't Ba Yan.
How come it's not?
Mink's symptoms are like
what you and I had.
If Mink agrees to become a shaman,
her symptoms will disappear too, right?
I can't let Mink do the ceremony.
You have to do it for Mink.
Manit, come with me.
Nim.
I'm gonna go with Nim then.
Nim, you have to do it for her.
She's your niece. Don't you pity her?
Open the door.
Open what door?
-This door.
-What are you going to do?
Hurry, will you?
Are you sure?
Tell me first, what are you gonna do?
Tell me the truth. How did Mac really die?
Everyone knows that
his motorcycle flipped over.
Tell me the truth.
I know
Mink and Mac had something going on.
Do you know
what the soul of someone
who commits suicide becomes?
Do you?
Tell me where Mac killed himself.
THE TEAM IS CERTAIN
MINK'S SYMPTOMS
AREN'T RELATED TO INHERITANCE,
BUT THERE IS "SOMETHING ELSE"
POSSESSING MINK.
Sit down slowly.
Now that Nim won't do
the acceptance ceremony for Mink,
do you know what you're going to do next?
If she won't help me,
I'll find my own way.
Even if
it may go against my religion.
I must do it.
Mac!
Tell me. All of this is your doing, right?
I know that you love her,
but you can't take her.
Do you hear me?
Are you really going to do this, Noi?
Yeah. Just drive.
-Get the stuff and come upstairs.
-All right.
Stop right now!
Stop! I said stop!
-Stop!
-Nim!
-Stop it!
-Why are you doing this?
How could you do
a random ceremony like this?
What if she receives some evil spirit?
What do you expect me to do?
She is about to die.
-You won't help me.
-You don't understand.
Why wouldn't I help you?
-I have my own way.
-When are you gonna help me?
-Why did you do the ceremony with him?
-You want me to watch my child die?
Do you know who he is? Mink.
When are you going to help?
Are you going to let her die?
Mink?
Mink! Mink! Stop it, Mink!
Mink! Mink, stop!
Stop! Mink!
Mink.
Mink?
Mink?
Mink?
Mink!
Mink!
Mink!
-Mink!
-Mink!
-Mink!
-Mink!
Mink? Mink?
-Mink?
-Mink!
Mink.
Mink?
-Mink?
-Mink!
Mink?
Mink!
Nim.
What about Mink?
Mink.
-Where's Mink, Nim?
-Lie down. Lie down first.
What about Mink?
Did you find Mink? Did you find her?
Mink! Why is she like this, Nim?
You have to help Mink.
You have to help her, Nim.
The only way to find her is
to hold a ceremony.
But first things first.
Noi must open her heart
to accept Ba Yan
and beg for her forgiveness,
even if she once shunned Ba Yan,
which is a serious matter.
But I believe she will have mercy on Noi.
Lift it above your head.
If Noi really opens her heart to her,
Ba Yan will definitely forgive her.
Give the offerings to her.
What's that smell?
Go through it all.
We have to gather all the foul things
Mink's collected from various places
and do a ceremony.
What is this? Take a look.
Because in these things, there are traces
of the spirits Mink came in contact with.
Nim. Look here.
She even kept this under the bed.
She has baby shoes too.
Nim.
Take everything out of here.
Take it all away.
And we must do the ceremony
where Mac killed himself.
I'll have to pray to Mac not to harm Mink.
I have to let Mac know,
even if he loved Mink, or was mad
and seeking revenge on this family,
I won't let him do anything to her.
Actually, I don't even know
how much longer I have to pray.
No matter how long it takes,
I'll just keep doing it
until I know where Mac took Mink.
A taxi saw the announcement,
so he gave the clip from his dash cam
to the police.
The driver said that he picked Mink up
around 3:00 a.m.
When she got in,
he asked her questions,
but she didn't answer.
After that, you can see
what happened in the clip.
Hey.
Where are you going?
Hey!
Hey!
What the hell?
Fine, I'm gonna leave now.
Shit!
Damn it.
Maybe this clip is edited?
I had someone take a look at the scene.
There hasn't been any other leads on Mink.
If there is any more news,
I'll let you know.
I'm worried for my daughter.
I don't know where she is now,
alive or dead.
All I can do is pray
to the Lord
and any other gods out there.
Please bring my daughter back to me.
I already went everywhere.
Everyone's house--
all her friends' houses, all her exes'.
I went everywhere, but no one's seen her.
I've prayed and done everything I could.
If it had worked, she'd be back by now.
HEAVENLY MEA SEAMSTRESS TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Ever since Mink disappeared,
everyone in the family is miserable,
especially Noi.
She can't eat or sleep at all.
A month has already passed.
We haven't received any news.
Are you wasting taxpayers' money?
-It's not like that.
-Police are all the same!
No matter which station.
It's been a month.
All I see is you sitting around.
You guys just sit around.
-I don't see you doing anything.
-They're working.
I just see you with your eyes open,
that's all. Is this what you call working?
There hasn't been any more news.
Nothing.
No news, no leads from anywhere at all.
I've been completely tricked so far.
It's done by the ones that have
nothing to do with Mac.
Then who are they?
YASANTIA THREAD FACTORY
Mink?
Mink?
Mink? Mink?
Mink?
Mink? Mink? Mink?
Mink? Mink, wake up.
Right now the patient is safe,
but she might be malnourished.
She has bruises and scratches,
but they're not so bad.
Will my daughter go back to normal again?
When the patient regains consciousness,
we'll reevaluate her symptoms.
Right now, things are becoming clearer.
It's a good thing
that it didn't kill Mink.
I'm going to go up the mountain again.
I have to pray and beg Ba Yan once more.
Who did this to you, Ba Yan?
Where did you go?
What did you do? Tell me.
Try to take at least one bite.
It didn't even go in her mouth.
MINK IS COMPLETELY
POSSESSED NOW.
Who are you?
I asked, who are you?
I'm Ba Yan.
I asked, who are you?
Why don't you guess who I am?
Try guessing.
Hey! What's with you?
Mink?
Have you lost it? You're crazy!
Why is she like this?
-Mink?
-Mink!
Don't you like young girls' pussies?
Don't you like it?
Why are you doing this? Mink!
Mink, why are you doing this?
-Get her off.
-Let go of me!
-Get her off.
-Let me go!
-Hold her down.
-Let go!
-Why are you like this?
-Let go!
Hold her down. Quick.
Put her index finger in the glass!
Mink.
You know,
the reason you're like this
is because of your beloved sister.
She planned to get you to wear
her clothes every day.
She put talismans in your shoes.
She did everything to get you
to be the shaman instead of her.
Did you know?
Go find something to tie her up with.
Hurry!
Tie her up tightly.
Hurry up.
Hurry! When you're done, get out.
Get out first. Stop filming already.
Get out! Out!
Everyone, get out.
I need to find someone to help me.
Nim.
About what Mink just said
I'm sorry.
It's fine. I'm going to help her anyway.
Santi.
Are you still involved with these clowns?
I still have to make a living, you know.
Mink.
Hey, wait.
You guys
took her to do some random
acceptance ceremony, right?
Mink's condition right now
is like a car that has the key left in it.
Anyone can drive it anywhere.
And who is this spirit?
It's not just one.
I don't know who they are.
If you want me to count how many,
it's also impossible.
All I know is that
they're all in it together
because they're vindictive.
And it's this vengeance
that attracted all the wandering ghosts
as well as the lost spirits of beasts
such as snakes, dogs, centipedes, spiders,
and those of plants and grass.
All of them have gathered together
to become a very powerful, evil demon.
Right here. This is where I found Mink.
We'll conduct the ceremony right here,
where all the evil spirits
originated from.
If we can get rid of them all,
their slivers in Mink will also disappear.
And why does it have to be Mink?
Do you know about the ancestors
of your husband's family?
Wiroj's ancestors beheaded
thousands of people.
The last wishes of those dying people
were to curse the family,
and their children and offspring
never stopped making bad karma.
And Wiroj
married you.
The one who rejected Ba Yan.
From then on
everything was destined to be that
the one who has to pay redemption is Mink.
Do you think it's reasonable?
About what Santi said,
that everything was destined.
You don't have to worry.
We'll get the auspicious date soon.
Destined by who?
God?
Buddha?
Other deities?
If it's the ancestors
that created bad karma,
why does Mink have to pay for it?
Why not me?
Go sit over there first.
You don't have to think too much.
Once the ceremony is done,
Mink will get better.
Ba Yan will help us.
Back then, when I was sick,
everyone said Ba Yan
was going to possess me.
But I didn't feel anything.
I was just sick.
Let me ask you something.
Have you ever seen Ba Yan?
Is there really a Ba Yan?
Of course there is.
Have you ever seen her?
No.
Then how do you know?
I can feel it.
I can feel her.
You have to believe in Ba Yan,
and she will help us.
To perform this ceremony,
the more evil and dangerous the spirits
are, the more I have to be prepared.
I have to make lots of talismans
and consecrate them all,
including a sacred wand.
I consecrate them over and over
with all the power I have.
And I also have to prepare holy water,
candles and incense.
It's really an extravagant affair.
Most importantly,
I have to do the ceremony with Nim.
Nim and I have to be united as one.
It's really tough, but it's challenging.
Although I've been doing this for
a long time. Let's see how tough they are.
SANTI
CEREMONY LEADER
She won't eat anything.
When I talk with her, she's not receptive.
I'm really stressed out.
Nim hasn't come either.
She's been busy
with the ceremony preparations.
One other thing.
Every morning when I come down,
the house is a total mess.
It must be Mink. She does it every night.
I don't know what she does.
THE TEAM DECIDES TO INSTALL
CAMERAS INSIDE THE HOUSE
TO OBSERVE MINK'S BEHAVIOR
AT NIGHT.
6 DAYS BEFORE THE CEREMONY
Lucky.
Lucky.
Lucky.
What's wrong, Lucky?
5 DAYS BEFORE THE CEREMONY
4 DAYS BEFORE THE CEREMONY
3 DAYS BEFORE THE CEREMONY
If you set up cameras everywhere
like this, then no more filming.
-Manit
-Pack your stuff and go! I won't allow it!
I'm asking you,
please watch till the very end.
-Please.
-What?
Why is she like this?
If she's become crazy like this,
how can we keep living together?
You can go live wherever you want.
I'm staying here with my child.
I admit that
it looks scary.
But she's still my child.
It won't be long till she gets better.
Nim will help her.
Nim is an expert.
She's helped lots of people.
She can definitely help Mink.
Don't you think?
AFTER SEEING MINK'S BEHAVIOR,
THE FAMILY MEMBERS ALLOWED THE
TEAM TO INSTALL MORE CAMERAS.
My stomach hurts.
2 DAYS BEFORE THE CEREMONY
Done.
She can't get out anymore.
She can only dream of getting out.
That's it. Let's go. All done.
Mink!
Mink!
Guys, wake up! You need to get up!
Holy shit.
Pong!
Pong! Mink! Mink!
Mink!
Pang!
Pang!
-Pong! Pong!
-What is it, Manit?
-Where is Pong? What is it?
-Mink took Pong!
-Huh?
-Mink took my son!
-Where did she take him?
-Let's go look.
-She took my son.
-Where did she take Pong?
Mink.
Let's go find him.
Pong!
Where did she take him?
Come on. Let's go search.
Mink! Why did you take my kid?
Have you lost it?
Mink.
Mink?
Mink!
Mink!
Mink!
-Have you seen Mink?
-No.
Mink!
Mink!
Mink!
Damn it! Why are you doing this?
Mink! Where are you?
Mink!
Pong.
Pong!
Pong!
Pong!
My boy.
Pong!
Pong!
It's all right now, baby.
Mink?
Mink!
Mink!
Mink!
Mink!
Mink!
Mink.
Mink! What the hell?
Mink!
Mink.
Let go of him.
1 DAY BEFORE THE CEREMONY
Nim.
Is something wrong?
I've been calling her since last night,
but she hasn't answered.
I can hear her phone ringing inside.
Why won't she answer it?
I'll go get help. Okay.
Nim.
Nim?
Nim!
Where are you?
Nim?
Why are there so many maggots?
Nim? Nim?
Nim!
Nim! Nim!
Wake up. Why are you sleeping like this?
Nim!
Nim! Nim!
Hurry! Come help me!
I don't know what's with her! Quick! Nim!
NIM DIED WHILE ASLEEP.
ISAN PEOPLE CALL IT "LAI TAI."
DOCTORS COULD NOT CONCLUDE
THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
Nim died because of me.
Mink is like this because of me.
I have no one left in my life.
From now on, I'm going to do everything
to protect my daughter from harm.
I'm even willing to die.
Why did Nim die?
The spirits did it, right?
There's no way we can know.
What's that supposed to mean?
Why are you saying such things?
Master, what are we supposed to do now?
Don't worry.
Tomorrow we will conduct the ceremony
as planned.
DAY OF CEREMONY
-Put it here?
-Yeah, put it over there.
Master Santi,
please tell us about today's ceremony.
The ceremony will take place
on the fifth floor.
The first thing I have to do is
summon the evil spirits to gather
into Mink's body.
Then I'll expel the spirits
into the cursed pot.
And I'll take the pot to the ground floor,
bury it,
and perform a spell-binding ritual.
Based on what happened to Nim,
will it be too risky to let Mink still be
a part of the ceremony?
Well, yeah.
But have you noticed
the back of Manit's car?
It has a sticker that says,
"This car is red."
THIS CAR IS RED
What does that have to do
with the ceremony?
Don't let anyone
leave the area of the ceremony at all
until the ceremony is over.
Come and eat!
Come on! Come and get it! Come!
Why did she scream?
I don't know.
Noi!
Noi!
Noi!
-Noi.
-How is she?
-She's just blacked out.
-Take her to rest up.
Noi! Noi!
Noi!
How are you, Noi?
Can you hear me?
Is there anyone out there?
Why am I being locked up?
Mom? Are you outside?
Please open the door.
Did the spirit leave already?
I don't know.
Pang?
Mink?
Pang, open the door for me.
Mink?
You're better now, right?
Open the door.
She's well now, right?
Pang, I'm in here. Open the door, please.
I don't know. The master told us not to
open the door if the ceremony isn't over.
-Please open the door.
-Mink?
Open the door for me, please.
I'm locked up in here.
Hold on.
-Pang, please open the door.
-Mink.
No one has called to let us know yet.
Pang. Where are all of you? Pang?
-Mink?
-Pang, open the door.
Mink, are you okay?
Mink?
Pong.
Open the door. My son is in there.
-We can't.
-Open it!
Open it! My son is in there!
We can't.
No matter what, we can't open it.
He's in there! Can't you hear him? Huh?
How can that be?
I just saw your son in the crib.
He's in there! Are you deaf?
My son is in there. Pong!
Master Santi ordered us not to open it.
-Take a look in the crib.
-Mink! Please don't do anything to Pong!
Open the door.
-I can't.
-Open it right now!
-Go look in the crib for me.
-Open it! Open it, damn it!
-Go look in the crib!
-Okay!
Open it!
Pang! Pang!
You can't go in!
Pang!
-Pong!
-Pang!
Master, why do you stop here?
Master?
Master?
-What the hell?
-Master?
Master?
Master?
Master?
Master?
Master?
Master, what's wrong?
No! Master!
Pong!
Pong!
Mink, where is Pong?
Mink?
Mink?
Mink?
Mink?
Shit!
-Shit!
-Open up!
Open the door! Help!
Help me!
Help!
Help!
I can't open it.
Don't.
No!
Shit!
Why did the lights go out?
Turn on the camera's light.
Okay.
Shit. Where did everyone go?
Hey. What happened? Where is everybody?
Let's get the hell out of here.
Fuck this!
Shit, so damn dark
Holy shit.
Oh, hell.
Manit!
Manit!
Noi.
Noi.
Manit.
Are you all right?
Are you okay?
I can feel it now.
Ba Yan is with me now.
Ba Yan is with me now.
Ba Yan is here to help me.
The ceremony must be continued.
Go get the potsherd.
We'll perform the spell-binding ritual
once again.
Go! Hurry!
Give me the incense.
Can I film you instead?
Why did she put them in that way?
No, no, no!
Manit, don't! No!
You, evil spirit,
leave my child's body now.
You're going to surrender now
to the mighty power of Ba Yan!
Mom.
Mom.
Mom.
Mink?
Mink?
Mink, it's you, right?
Mink?
It's you, right?
Mink?
Please return my child.
Give me back my child.
Return her
Mink? Can you hear me?
Mink, are you still in there?
Mink
Don't-- Don't do it. Don't do this to me.
Mink.
Can you hear me?
Mink! I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Come back to me, Mink. Mink?
God, please help Mink.
God, please help Mink.
Mink, don't give up hope.
Don't do this.
Don't do this to me.
"YASANTIA"
NIM'S LAST INTERVIEW
What just happened in front of the altar?
I was just thinking of
the day of the ceremony.
I don't know what will happen.
Why?
Any problems with the preparations?
It might mean nothing at all.
What do you mean?
Honestly
I've never really known
I was never really sure
if Ba Yan actually possessed me or not.
What do you mean?
I don't know anymore.
Subtitle translation by: Karina Suvapataya