Tentigo

New Directors Competition

Tentigo

Nelum Kuluna

Sri Lanka, India 2024 Fiction cor 103 min.

After finding their father dead, to their dismay, his sons discover that something in him is still alive, well, and standing tall. His erected penis. What should have been a day of somber mourning breaks into complete bedlam as the two sons try, as discreetly as possible, to bend his organ before the funeral. In their quest to cover up the truth to save face, the two brothers are forced to confront their own troubled relationship and deal with their dead father’s secret love life.

Winner of the special jury prize in the first feature competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

Sri Lanka India comedy parenthood mourning siblings awarded films international film festivals

direction

Ilango Ram

screenplay

Ilango Ram

cinematography

Ilango Ram

editing

Aathan Sivananthar

sound

Nanda Nandi Jayakodi, Tapas Nayak

music

Leon Bob James

production design

Ajantha Alahakoon

cast

Kaushalya Fernando, Priyantha Sirikumara, Thusitha Laknath, Ranjith Panagoda, Chandani Seneviratne, Chamila Peiris

production

Hiranya Perera, Sanjay Gulati, Neeraj Pandey, Kaarthekeyen Santhanam, Navaneetha Nachimuthu, Pon Umapathy Kailash

produced by

Silent Frames Productions

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

14