: A central theme is the power of faith; the film suggests that as Nim begins to doubt her deity’s existence, the family's spiritual protection collapses.
The story begins as a mock-documentary following , a local seamstress who serves as the vessel for an ancestral deity named Ba Yan. The documentary crew’s focus shifts when Nim’s niece, Mink , begins exhibiting erratic and increasingly violent behavior. While the family initially hopes it is the start of Mink's own shamanic awakening, it quickly becomes clear that a far more malevolent, ancient entity has taken hold of her. Key Themes & Style The Medium(2021)
: It utilizes a "fly-on-the-wall" perspective that starts as a grounded cultural study before devolving into a chaotic and graphic "snuff film of the soul". : A central theme is the power of
