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Bhutan - Nepal - Germany | 2018 | Color | Coming-of-Age - Drama | 85 min
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DCP | Dzongkha | 24 fps | 4:3 | DOLBY 5.1
SYNOPSIS
In a remote valley of Bhutan, the teenager SANGAY lives with her father, a traditional craftsman of wooden phalluses. She isn't happy with her life, opposing her dad and everybody at school. She feels trapped in the middle of the emptiness of the valley and surrounded by people who live by their belief and symbols. Up to the day her father discovers that she is seeing a married man, from the lowest cast of the village: the butcher.
FESTIVALS, selective list
- Busan IFF 2018, New Currents
- International Film Festival of Kerala 2018
- Berlinale 2019, Generation 14plus Section
- Fribourg IFF 2019, International Competition
- HKIFF 2019, Indie Power
- Vilnius IFF 2019
- Shanghai IFF 2019
- Edinburgh IFF,
Competition for Best International Feature Film Award
- Duhok IFF, World Feature Competition
AWARDS
- Busan IFF 2018
FIPRESCI Award
- APSA Nomination for Best Youth Feature Film 2019
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CAST & CREDITS
Cast
Director
Screenwriter
DOP
Editing
Sound Design
Music
Producers
Production Designer
Line Producer
Unit Production Manager
Assistant Director
Sound Mixer
Colorist
International Sales
Tshering EUDEN
Singye
Dorji GYELTSHEN
Choten WANGCHUK
Tashi GYELTSHEN
Tashi GYELTSHEN
Jigme T. TENZING
Saman ALVITIGALA
Niraj GERA
Jigme DRUKPA
Frances-Marie UITTI
Tashi GYELTSHEN
Kristina KONRAD
Ram KRISHNA
Pokharel
Karma TENZIN
Choling
Tshewang DENDUP
Kelzang DORJEE
Mickey MACACHOR
Sidharth MEER
Asian Shadows
PRESS REVIEWS
"Visually striking and remarkably symbolic, THE RED PHALLUS is a film hard to overlook, and not just because of its startling title. Employing enchanting imagery to move his slow-burning narrative forward, director Tashi GYELTSHEN's assured first feature adds to Bhutan's steadily growing body of cinematic work."
-- Clarence TSUI, The Hollywood Reporter
"Poetic in appearance and earthbound in its observations about social problems in a far-flung land, THE RED PHALLUS is a taut and gripping debut."
-- Clarence TSUI, The Hollywood Reporter