On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Plot

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.

About On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a 2024 drama film written and directed by Rungano Nyoni, and starring Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela and Henry B.J. Phiri. It is a co-production between Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Zambia. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 16 May 2024, where Nyoni won the section's Best Director award. It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on December 6, 2024, by Picturehouse Entertainment, and was released in the United States on March 7, 2025, by A24.

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