Karmalink

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Karmalink

2022,

1h 42m,

Sci-Fi/

Drama

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89%

19 Reviews

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80%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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89%

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19 Reviews

80%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

In near-future Phnom Penh, the rich and privileged wallow in nanotech, the tight-knit community of Tralop Bek is threatened with forced eviction, and 13-year-old Leng Heng has vivid dreams of his past lives. He and his friends are convinced they are meant to find a Buddhist statue to save their homes and seek out help from neighborhood scavenger, Srey Leak. Together they follow clues across town and into the past. As Leng Heng's dreams converge on the present, his very sense of identity begins to unravel. As it becomes clear that the stakes are higher than they imagined, the two friends must decide how far they are willing to go to find their treasure and the truth.

Bilge Ebiri

Spirituality & Health

Sep 2, 2022

Karmalink leaves us with more questions than answers, but the disorientation it creates is a sweet, thoughtful one.

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

Aug 2, 2022

the concepts of reincarnation and karma are given new expression in an era when dreams can be electronically visualised, memories of past lives recorded, and consciousness digitally transferred.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Jul 13, 2022

3/4

“Karmalink” announces the arrival of an exciting filmmaker who creates a vision that operates well outside of the check-all-the-boxes studio ideology.

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Phil Guie

Film-Forward.com

Sep 25, 2022

4/5

Karmalink’s strongest assets are the visuals and chemistry between the two adventurous kids... The main plot that emerges, however, threatens to become a little too esoteric for its own good.

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Morris Yang

In Review Online

Jul 26, 2022

[Karmalink] gallivants between periods and places, yet feels plodding all the same, due in large part to its thinly-sketched characters and taciturn performances.

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Carey-Ann Pawsey

Orca Sound

Jul 20, 2022

3/5

Ying and Yang. Salt and pepper. Black and white. Sometimes opposites work great together. Karmalink is a film that features the seemingly opposing thoughts of science fiction and religion operating side by side.

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Leng Heng Prak

Leng Heng

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In near-future Phnom Penh, the rich and privileged wallow in nanotech, the tight-knit community of Tralop Bek is threatened with forced eviction, and 13-year-old Leng Heng has vivid dreams of his past lives. He and his friends are convinced they are meant to find a Buddhist statue to save their homes and seek out help from neighborhood scavenger, Srey Leak. Together they follow clues across town and into the past. As Leng Heng's dreams converge on the present, his very sense of identity begins to unravel. As it becomes clear that the stakes are higher than they imagined, the two friends must decide how far they are willing to go to find their treasure and the truth.

Director: Jake Wachtel
Producer: Valerie Steinberg, Jake Wachtel
Screenwriter: Jake Wachtel, Christopher Larsen
Distributor: Good Deed Entertainment
Production Co: Valerie Steinberg Productions
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language: Khmer
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 15, 2022, Limited
Runtime: 1h 42m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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