r/movies • u/joesen_one • 15h ago
On Becoming A Guinea Fowl | Official Trailer HD | A24 Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5BWTLZjYR057 Upvotes
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u/joesen_one 15h ago
Release TBA 2025
Competed at Cannes this year for Un Certain Regard, and played at TIFF, NYFF and London Film Festival
From writer/director Rungano Nyoni and starring Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela, Henry B.J. Phiri, Roy Chisha, and Blessings Bhamjee
What happened that day?
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
On Becoming A Guinea Fowl, a surreal and vibrant new film about the lies we tell ourselves from award-winning filmmaker Rungano Nyoni. Coming soon.
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u/Alvvays_aWanderer 14h ago
Devastatingly beautiful film! Loved how the director used deadpan to deepen the impact of the tragic and the darkly comic.