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Holy Smoke
NEW ZEALAND · 1999

Holy Smoke

Jane Campion
cult deprogramming spiritual awakening religious manipulation cross-cultural conflict romantic tension
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Synopsis

While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth.

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