ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL

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ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL
D: Rungano Nyoni, Zambia/GB/IE 2024, OmeU | DCP | 98 min.

Late at night, on her way home from a costume party, Shula drives along a deserted road and discovers her uncle dead on the ground. As the preparations for the funeral ceremony begin, 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.
In the presence of the director Rungano Nyoni

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.
With director Rungano Nyoni In attendance