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POLAND · 1996
Szamanka
Synopsis
Anthropology professor Michal 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. The second is an enigmatic student he meets by chance at a railway station.
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obsession · archaeology · ancient mysticism · forbidden desire · psychological breakdown
