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Feb 22, 2024 · Dark and mysterious places where strange characters reside, conflict is inevitable and the past has a habit of crashing headlong through the undergrowth. So it is with The Rooster, now screening at MIFF, with The Night Agent actor Phoenix Raei roiling in the muddy sludge of dirty old eaves.
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Feb 22, 2024 · The opening imagery of Mark Leonard Winter‘s The Rooster is a nightmarish depiction of a body swinging in the wind. It suggests a darker film than what transpires over the following 101 minutes, even though Winter’s script does indeed indulge in devastating themes.
The Rooster is a 2023 Australian comedy drama film directed by Mark Leonard Winter and starring Hugo Weaving, Phoenix Raei, and John Waters.
Feb 20, 2024 · Now, he pops up as a cranky, drunken recluse living in the Victorian bush in the soulful dark indie comedy The Rooster, from actor-turned-director Mark Leonard Winter.
A dark and brooding Aussie drama with flashes of humour. The Rooster opens with nightmare imagery - a body hanging from a tree, a naked woman holding a rooster. This certainly commands attention ...
- Ron Cerabona
As a “Hugo Weaving goes feral in the bush” movie, The Rooster delivers. As an exploration of masculinity and a drama about two men connecting, it’s decent but unexceptional.
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Feb 15, 2024 · It is a dark, brooding film, austerely shot by cinematographer Craig Barden, that explores masculinity, male friendship and themes such as loss, loneliness, regret and shame.
