On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
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.
Festivals & awards
Festival de Cannes, Un Certain Regard: Best director
Chicago International Film Festival
London Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Zurich Film Festival
Credits
Pro Material
Would you like to show this movie?
Please fill out our form.
Feel free to contact us
Press voices
«A magically transcendent, cunningly funny, and arresting piece of cultural commentary that puts the inequalities of tradition against the warmth community can, still, on occasions, provide.» RogerEbert
«Rungano Nyoni has a wonderful way of drawing you into a world and intriguing you from the start, gradually peeling back the layers of enigmatic characters to explore Zambian culture.» Time Out