The Red Phallus

1h 25min

Drama

Sangai, a teenage girl living with her father in a village of inland Bhutan, is not happy with her father, who makes wooden phalluses, believed to have mysterious power, and playing a festival clown with a red mask at a local festival. She reluctantly delivers the phalluses to neighbors but she is followed by dozens of men with red masks and costumes when walking through the hill. Conflict and tension grows between the father, who has concerns about his successor, and Sangai, who has a clandestine relationship with a married man.

Cast

Singye

Singye

Passa
Choten Wangchuk

Choten Wangchuk

School principal
Phub Wangmo

Phub Wangmo

Old woman
Sangay Lhamo

Sangay Lhamo

Passa's wife
Gyem Tshering

Gyem Tshering

Passa's son
Rada Wangmo

Rada Wangmo

Passa's daughter
Tshomo

Tshomo

Aum Zam

Release date

20th Mar 2019

Status

Released

Spoken languages