Tillman Singer’s Cuckoo, which stars Hunter Schafer in her first lead position, is impressed by the invasive conduct of the chicken itself.
The movie is at the moment on the Berlin Film Festival, the place the mysterious plot has been specified by extra element.
New Cuckoo Plot Details
We already knew that the movie was about 7-year-old Gretchen, who leaves her American home to dwell along with her father, who has simply moved right into a resort within the German Alps along with his new household. Arriving at their future residence, they’re greeted by Mr. König, her father’s boss, who takes an inexplicable curiosity in Gretchen’s mute half-sister Alma. Something doesn’t appear proper on this tranquil trip paradise. Strange noises and bloody visions plague Gretchen till she discovers a stunning secret regarding her household.
Now we study that Schafer’s Gretchen faces off towards a mysterious bird-like monster with a scream-like name who seeks to impregnate girls along with her evil spawn. The story, written by Singer, relies off the lore of the cuckoo chicken, a few of that are brood parasites, which means they lay their eggs within the nests of different species.
Speaking to Variety, Schafer stated of cuckoos, “It’s really a freaky thing that that’s just in nature and birds are just out here being complete dicks to other birds and giving them their own babies to raise. Are you kidding? That’s psycho!”
Cuckoo is written and directed by German filmmaker Tilman Singer, who helmed the splendidly bizarre homage to 80s Euro horror, LUZ. The movie additionally stars Dan Stevens (Legion, Abigail) as Mr. König, Jessica Henwick (Love and Monsters) as Beth, Marton Csókás (Freelance) as Luis, Greta Fernández (Santo) as Trixie, Jan Bluthardt (Luz) as Henry, and Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) as Ed.
It is executive-produced by Neon’s Tom Quinn, Jeff Deutchman, Emily Thomas, and Ryan Friscia. Producers are Markus Halberschmidt, Josh Rosenbaum, Maria Tsigka, Ken Kao, Thor Bradwell, and Ben Rimmer.
Cuckoo will likely be launched theatrically on May 3, 2024.
