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We’ll All Soon Be Talking About the Absurdist On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
The Cannes prizewinner will soon be released in the U.S. by A24. Its off-kilter, absurdist vibe is enchanting, but it’s rooted in deep horror.
She’s all dressed up for a costume party, decked out in Missy Elliot’s diamond-studded sunglass mask and poofy black outfit from “The Rain” video, and her appearance, combined with her deadpan demeanor, establishes the surreal mood of the film. And when her drunk, animated cousin Nsansa (Elizabeth Chiseal) suddenly appears out of the night, dancing and laughing and yelling and doing all the things that the supernaturally restrained Shula doesn’t do, we might accept it all as further evidence of the weird parabolic world of the movie. They’re forced to rope another cousin, young university student Bupe (Esther Singini), into the proceedings, despite the fact that she appears to be deathly ill, possibly the result of a suicide attempt.
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