The Red Phallus

The Red Phallus 2019 Directed by Tashi Gyeltshen

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.

Country Algeria

Production Countries Bhutan , Germany , Nepal

Language Dzongkha

Spoken Language Dzongkha

Gnere Drama

Production Company Studio 108

Release Date 20 March 2019

85 mins