Thai director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s Cannes Grand Prix winner begins with a haunted vacuum cleaner and quickly expands into a surreal tale of ghosts overtaking a wealthy widow’s factory. These spirits possess appliances, influence political leaders, and seduce her son, revealing layers of accidental deaths, corporate negligence, and buried injustice.

What starts as a darkly comic haunting evolves into a blend of romance, politics, and genuine emotion—especially when viewed through the lens of Thailand’s history, including the 2010 military killings of over 80 Bangkok protesters. The vacuum cleaner motif symbolizes how ordinary people can be crushed, yet the anger and grief they leave behind linger like fine dust.

Opens in theaters January 16, 2026.

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