'The Vigil': To Believe or Not to Believe?
If you mix religious rituals with dark mythology, the result will be effective, and the story powerful in 90% of the cases. That is exactly what happens at the beginning of The Vigil.

This is the story of a young girl who goes to an overseas convent school. She is very out-going, happy, playful and sometimes quite daring. One of her close friends has to quit school because of the financial situation at home. She asks for help from Tanathip who works as officer at the Thai embassy. Kumphol, the son of her father’s friend secretly falls in love with her.
If you mix religious rituals with dark mythology, the result will be effective, and the story powerful in 90% of the cases. That is exactly what happens at the beginning of The Vigil.
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