• Director(s)

    Rungano Nyoni

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    06/12/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    100m

  • Cast

    Susan Chardy, Roy Chisha, Blessings Bhamjee

Film

On Becoming A Guinea Fowl

child sex abuse references, moderate sex references, drug misuse

The women of a Zambian family dominate the funeral rituals for a deceased male member, during which dark secrets emerge, in this emotionally-charged Bemba-language comedy drama about the need to call out wrongdoing.…

The women of a Zambian family dominate the funeral rituals for a deceased male member, during which dark secrets emerge, in this emotionally-charged Bemba-language comedy drama about the need to call out wrongdoing.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

language

sex

drugs

injury detail

sexual violence and sexual threat

rude humour

theme

alcohol and smoking

  • Director(s)

    Rungano Nyoni

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    06/12/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    100m

  • Cast

    Susan Chardy, Roy Chisha, Blessings Bhamjee

child sex abuse references, moderate sex references, drug misuse
Classified Date:
26/11/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Picturehouse Entertainment
language
Infrequent mild bad language ('crap') is accompanied by very mild terms ('God').
sex
There are verbal references to brothels and to sexual performance. A woman makes mild twerking movements as she dances to a song playing on her phone.
drugs
Two people share a marijuana joint.
injury detail
There is occasional sight of a dead man's body lying in a road, but no injuries are visible.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are non-graphic references to child sexual abuse, including to a girl who was impregnated by a family member. This abuse is both challenged and condemned. There are also brief and negative references to a person who exposed himself online.
rude humour
A drunken woman playfully slaps a tampon on her female cousin's forehead.
theme
There are mild upsetting scenes centred on bereavement.
alcohol and smoking
There are scenes of drinking and drunkenness.
child sex abuse references, moderate sex references, drug misuse
Classified Date:
13/11/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
A24 Films
language
Infrequent mild bad language ('crap') is accompanied by very mild terms ('God').
sex
There are verbal references to brothels and to sexual performance. A woman makes mild twerking movements as she dances to a song playing on her phone.
drugs
Two people share a marijuana joint.
injury detail
There is occasional sight of a dead man's body lying in a road, but no injuries are visible.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are non-graphic references to child sexual abuse, including to a girl who was impregnated by a family member. This abuse is both challenged and condemned. There are also brief and negative references to a person who exposed himself online.
rude humour
A drunken woman playfully slaps a tampon on her female cousin's forehead.
theme
There are mild upsetting scenes centred on bereavement.
alcohol and smoking
There are scenes of drinking and drunkenness.
Classified Date:
21/10/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Picturehouse Entertainment

  • Classified date

    26/11/2024

  • Language

    English