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      Peacock

      2023 1h 30m Horror List
      Reviews POU (PEACOCK) is a South African gothic horror following the journey of a young woman into the dark recesses of the Afrikaner psyche and its compromised past. ANNA POHL (Tarryn Wyngaard) has grown up in an institutionalized space: a puritanical, Calvinist organization known simply as The Foundation. Their mission is to provide a place of 'righteous innocence' for young women -- to allow them to develop away from the 'corruptions' of the outside world. When Anna transgresses The Foundation's strict moral standards, she is sent away to care for one of its founding members, SAREL CILLIERS (Johan Botha), an Apartheid-era theologian now ailing on his isolated farm. Read More Read Less

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      Jennie Kermode Eye for Film The film explores the fluidity of sexuality and gender in a way which highlights the relationship between queer self-acceptance and the kind of fluid, liberated thinking against which such a brittle order could not endure. Rated: 3/5 Dec 11, 2023 Full Review Bobby LePire Film Threat Peacock is absorbing and horrific in equal measure. Minnaar generates genuine frights with a searing plot and fantastic cinematography. Rated: 9.5/10 Dec 11, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis POU (PEACOCK) is a South African gothic horror following the journey of a young woman into the dark recesses of the Afrikaner psyche and its compromised past. ANNA POHL (Tarryn Wyngaard) has grown up in an institutionalized space: a puritanical, Calvinist organization known simply as The Foundation. Their mission is to provide a place of 'righteous innocence' for young women -- to allow them to develop away from the 'corruptions' of the outside world. When Anna transgresses The Foundation's strict moral standards, she is sent away to care for one of its founding members, SAREL CILLIERS (Johan Botha), an Apartheid-era theologian now ailing on his isolated farm.
      Director
      Jaco Minnaar
      Screenwriter
      David Cornwell, Jaco Minnaar
      Production Co
      The Ergo Company
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      Afrikaans
      Runtime
      1h 30m