Antony Varghese
Antony
An escaped buffalo triggers a frenzy of ecstatic violence in a remote village.
Release Date | 2019-10-04 |
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Runtime | 1h 35m |
Directors | Lijo Jose Pellissery, Girish Gangadharan, Tinu Pappachan |
Producers | Thomas Panicker, Naushad Salahudin, Sunil Singh, Guneet Monga |
Writers | S. Hareesh, S. Hareesh, R. Jayakumar |
In one key scene, an old man sitting in the warmth of a night fire observes, “this land had once been full of animals, and it is still so, look at those two-legged creatures.“ Are humans still basically Neanderthal hunter-gatherers, scooping up everything within reach - even women - while battling to the death for primacy and first dibs on the biggest slab of meat? 'Jallikattu' is a clever, handsomely shot and frequently laugh-aloud sociopolitical critique that asks whether humanity has really evolved that far from its crude beginnings. - Jake Watt
Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-jallikattu-visually-stunning-and-absurdly-funny-sociopolitical-critique
— SWITCH.