Great Hypnotist, The (DVD) (Asian Cinema)

Ren (Karen Mok, Shaolin Soccer) sees dead people, and it’s driving her mad. She’s also demonstrating psychic abilities, but psychiatrist Xu Ruining (Xu Zheng, Lost in Thailand) thinks it’s a hoax and his radical new therapy could uncover the truth – through experimental hypnosis.

Exploring the mind can be dangerous. If Ren’s hiding a secret neither of them are safe. But if her powers are real, the truth might even be deadly.

from the award-winning director of Eternal Summer and The Heirloom comes an expedition through the uncharted corers of the human psyche – with an alarming twist.