ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL

Credits

Name: ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL

Country: Sambia/GB/IE

Year of publication: 2024

Format: DCP

Color: color

Language : OmeU

Duration: 95 Minuten

Series: 22. Afrika Film Festival Köln

Direction: Nyoni, Rungano

Abstract

Late at night, on her way home from a masquerade costume party, Shula drives along a deserted road and discovers her uncle dead on the ground. As preparations for the funeral ceremony get underway, she and her cousins gradually uncover the family's hidden secrets, while her aunts would have preferred to bury them with Uncle Fred. In the feature film ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL, oscillating between comedy and social drama, Rungano Nyoni delivers a bitterly angry reckoning with the lies we tell ourselves, breaking several taboos in the process. The film was awarded the prize for best director in the “Un Certain Regard” section at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.