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Quick Info

Rating

6.0/10

Release2021

Runtime1h 59m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Booster Project

avex pictures

Movie

Homunculus

2021

1h 59m

6.0

Drama

Thriller

Synopsis

A homeless man meets a medical school student who pays him to volunteer for a surgical procedure known as trepanation, drilling a hole in his skull, which ends up giving him the ability to communicate with the dark side of people’s subconscious minds.

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