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ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL

by Rungano Nyoni

synopsis

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, in filmmaker Rungano Nyoni’s surreal and vibrant reckoning with the lies we tell ourselves.

international title: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
original title: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
country: United Kingdom, Zambia, Ireland
sales agent: A24 (US)
year: 2024
genre: fiction
directed by: Rungano Nyoni
film run: 95'
screenplay: Rungano Nyoni
cast: Susan Chardy, Henry B.J. Phiri, Elizabeth Chisela
cinematography by: David Gallego
film editing: Nathan Nugent
art director: Malin Lindholm
music: Lucrecia Dalt
producer: Tim Cole, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe
co-producer: Gabriel Gauchet
executive producer: Eva Yates
production: BBC Films, Element Pictures, A24 (US)

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