The Man from the Sea

The Man from the Sea

The sea gives, and takes away.

2018107 min5.8 / 10

A mysterious, melancholic fantasy about a man emerging from the sea with no memory, exploring identity, displacement, and the unknowable.

A man is found washed up on a beach in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, suffering from amnesia and speaking in broken Indonesian and Japanese.

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