Short film
Red Rooster
2016 · 22 min
A cryptic, dreamlike descent into ritual violence and confinement that leaves you unsettled and searching for meaning.
- Directed by
- Alejandro Fadel, Zamo Mkhwanazi
- Starring
- Jeremiah Mokofeng, Lawson Ubani
- Overview
- A forgotten hotel. Two groups of men fight to the death, for a kingdom dreamt up by a rooster. A forgotten hotel. Two groups of men. All seem locked in this strange architecture from a previous era. Why they cannot leave the place, we do not know. A red and a black rooster share with the men the reclusion, witnesses of a battle, an abstract war, a nightmare.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Violence, isolation, madness, power
- Content
- Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Alejandro Fadel, Zamo Mkhwanazi
- Starring
- Jeremiah Mokofeng, Lawson Ubani