Come and See

Name: Come and See
Director: Nottapon Boonprakob
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-08-01
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 6.4

Aug 1, 2021 1h 24mDocumentary

7.3IMDb

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The controversial Thai Buddhist temple "Dhammakaya" is in crisis as its abbot was charged with money-laundering and receiving stolen property.The film reflects the clash between politics and faith in modern Thai society.

Director: Nottapon Boonprakob
Signature: Craft · Drama · Tension

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Nutevio DNA

How Come and See actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve core traits Nutevio tracks across every film and series.

Signature profile

Come and See reads strongest on Craft, Complexity and Pace.

CraftPresent6.2

Filmmaking quality — direction, writing and recognition.

ComplexityPresent5.4

How much attention the structure and ideas demand.

PacePresent5.3

How quickly the story moves scene to scene.

TensionPresent5.0

The sustained pressure it keeps you under.

DarknessPresent5.0

How bleak the tone and subject matter run.

EmotionPresent5.0

How much it is designed to move you.

HumourPresent5.0

How often it is genuinely funny, by design.

ActionPresent5.0

Physical momentum — chases, combat, set pieces.

MysteryPresent5.0

How much of the story is withheld and unravelled.

WonderPresent5.0

Scale, imagination and the sense of the extraordinary.

RomancePresent5.0

How central love and intimacy are to the story.

FearPresent5.0

How much it is built to unsettle or frighten.

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The controversial Thai Buddhist temple "Dhammakaya" is in crisis as its abbot was charged with money-laundering and receiving stolen property. The film reflects the clash between politics and faith in modern Thai society.

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