Jallikkattu (2019)

Original title

ജെല്ലിക്കെട്ട്

Directed by

Lijo Jose Pellissery

Genre

crime film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

14A

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 91 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bull escapes from a slaughterhouse and runs loose in a remote hilly village. The entire village sets out to capture or kill the animal, and chaos quickly spirals out of control.

chaoticintenserelentlessvisceralclaustrophobicfranticmanicferal

What happens

Jallikattu is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language independent action thriller film directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery with a screenplay by S. Hareesh and R. Jayakumar. The film stars Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad and Santhy Balachandran. In the film, a bull escapes from a slaughterhouse in a hilly remote village and the villagers set out to capture or kill it. Jallikattu premiered on 6 September 2019 at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and received widespread critical acclaim. The film was showcased at the 24th Busan International Film Festival under the section "A Window on Asian Cinema". It was released in the home state Kerala on 4 October 2019. Lijo Jose Pellissery received the Silver Peacock-Best Director trophy at the 50th International Film Festival of India. It was selected as the Indian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It was third Malayalam film after Guru and Adaminte Makan Abu to be chosen as India's official entry to the Oscars. It was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade and is widely regarded as one of the defining movies of the New Wave Movement. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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