Indeterminate Past: Death, Regret and Time Travel in Mattie Do's 'The Long Walk'

The third feature by Laos' first female filmmaker, this rural tale of murder and loneliness is part high-concept science fiction drama, part macabre ghost story. Speaking to director Mattie Do, Kate Robertson sees in the film a profound and emotionally impactful meditation on grief, memory and the impossibility of mending the past.

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Vientiane, Lao Art Media, Chanthaly, Dearest Sister, NGO, farming, industrialisation, urban, science fiction, death