When a ghost-fearing magician falls for his staffer, who happens to be haunted by her dead best friend, he must face his fears while convincing her he'd make an excellent boyfriend.
Spellbinding hilarity ensues when a magician, who is deathly afraid of ghosts, falls for a girl haunted by them in this surreal Vietnamese romcom from late writer/director Stephane Gauger, who tragically passed away during post-production. Tung is at the height of his career making audiences believe in ghosts, ironically his own phobia. He's smitten by a member of his staff, Phuong, who's quietly lonely and refuses to go out with the production team; instead of friends, she has dinner parties at home with a giant teddy bear while FaceTiming her mother and fitness-obsessed sister. After Tung and crew finally coax Phuong out for drinks, she drunkenly reveals that ghosts haunt her everyday life and everyone close to her, hence her hermit ways. Tung laughs her story off...until Phuong's ghosts start following him to scare him off from his romantic pursuits. In a quirky clash of fear and attraction, Tung and Phuong embark on a quest to free her from the ghosts of friendships past and their curse of loneliness. A remake of the Korean hit Spellbound, this jovial comedy-horror-romance delivers heart and laughter by the bellyful.—SIFF
Tung, a street magician, meets a dismal girl, Phuong, who inspires him to create a "horror magic show". The show becomes widely popular, and Tung becomes a successful magician. Phuong starts to work for Tung, playing the specter in his show, but she always isolates herself from all the colleagues. Tung figures out why Phuong always looks dismal and mysterious. It's because ghosts come to her all the time, asking for help to move on to heaven. Phuong has been seeing ghost since she survived from a bus accident in high school. In particular, the vengeful ghost of her best friend Van, who died in the accident, follows her everywhere, scaring people around her relentlessly. Everyone left her, even her family. She could only speak to a few friends on the phone. Despite the fact that Tung is scared of ghosts, he starts to hang out with Phuong more, and they both develop feelings for each other. Tung starts dating Phuong, which makes Van consumed with jealousy.—CJ Entertainment