Pou (Peacock)
(2022)
Pou is a South African Gothic tale that follows Anna, a young woman sent to a remote farm to work as the private nurse for Sarel, an old man spending his last days in demented paranoia.
Sarel is plagued by ghosts and demons from his past. Anna is steeped in repression and guilt. As she's sucked deeper into Sarel's dark world of visions and hallucinations, Anna will have to act from her deepest convictions, or be lost forever.
Best Horror Feature Film, Winter Film Awards (NYC)
Best Actress in a Feature Film, Winter Film Awards (NYC)
Young Blood Award, Razor Reel Festival (Bruges)
Best Feature, SA HorrorFest (Cape Town)
Best Actor, SA HorrorFest (Cape Town)
Best Poster Art, SA HorrorFest (Cape Town)
Best Cinematography, Romford Horror Film Festival (London)
Best Actor, Romford Horror Film Festival (London)
"Pou is one of the best and most elegant horror dramas to come out of South Africa... unsettling and stylish Gothic horror.”
Steven Aspeling, Spl!ng Movies
Selected Praise for Pou
“Pou is an outstanding Gothic thriller in Afrikaans.”
Leon Van Nierop, Rapport
"A slow burn that is fascinating to watch unfold.”
Rock N Roll Fables
"Absorbing and horrific in equal measure."
Bobby LePire, Film Threat
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For queries about rights and territories, please contact Indigenous Film Distribution.
David Cornwell
Please contact Aoife Lennon-Ritchie at the Lennon-Ritchie Literary Agency.
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Writer, musician and filmmaker based in South Africa.