One day, she is engaged by a strange client who requests to take a picture of her spine.

The woman comes to realize that every time he takes a photo, her dead daughters spirit gets closer.

Soon, the only part of her body left to snap are her eyes.

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Indie filmmaker Kondo is enjoying a growing following at home and internationally.

I set the protagonist of this film as the metaphor for Japanese society.

New Religionmarks the first Japanese acquisition for Paris-based genre specialist Reels Suspects.

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The company will give the film its market debut at the Berlinales upcomingEuropean Film Marketin February.

Keichis work is very powerful, with a surgical cinematography and screenplay.

It attracts the audience into the deepness of its own world, said Reel Suspects CEO Matteo Lovadina.