An elderly couple faces a dilemma when their male goat, destined for ceremonial slaughter, turns out to be pregnant.
Tharmasegaran MS Maniam, Panneerselvam Evarani, Dhanesh Reubben Alagarsu, Charvine Mailvaganam
Malaysia/Philippines/France
2025
In Tamil with English subtitles
Animal cruelty
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Credits & Director
Producer
Choo Mun Bel, Bradley Liew, Dominique Welinski
Screenwriter
Ananth Subramaniam
Cinematography
Adrian Wong
Editor
Gogularaajan Rajendra, BK Lee
Ananth Subramaniam
Ananth Subramaniam is a Malaysian filmmaker of Tamil descent whose works often explore his ancestral identity and family. He co-founded Idio Sync Inc., a production house created to develop genre stories championing Tamil culture. Subramaniam was selected to participate in the 2020 Locarno Open Doors program and Southeast Asian Film Lab, and his recent filmmaking credits include The House of Brick and Stone (2022), which premiered at Fantasia & BIFAN, and Liar Land (2019), which won a Special Mention Prize at Locarno. He is currently working on his debut feature film The Passport.
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