Cuckoo

Directed by Tilman Singer
Germany, USA
2024
102 mins

Synopsis

Hunter Schafer (Euphoria) stars in a fantastically unrestrained tale of very strange goings-on at a holiday resort in the Bavarian Alps. Berlinale, SXSW 2024.

Troubled teen Gretchen (Schafer) is forced to relocate to Bavaria with her distant dad and his new family. Wanting only to return to America, she begins work at a resort owned by alarmingly eccentric entrepreneur Herr König (Dan Stevens, priceless). After hearing screams in the dead of night and encountering time-warps, Gretchen suspects this weirdly retro-modern place is catering to much more than the tourist trade. Throbbing with sinister secrets and clever twists, Cuckoo is a wildly entertaining exercise in unrestrained imagination from Tilman Singer (Luz, 2018). Schafer is dynamite as the heroine whose stint in this creepy paradise delivers lashings of lurid horror and packs a powerful emotional punch.

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Schafer delivers a stellar turn, and her combination of androgynous frailty and tough-girl attitude works terrifically well
Wendy Ide, Screen International

Tickets

Thu 6 June 2024, 10:45am
Selling Fast
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1
Assisted ListeningWheelchair
Fri 7 June 2024, 11am
Sold Out
Palace Central Cinemas - Cinema 1
Assisted ListeningWheelchair
Wed 12 June 2024, 10:35am
Ritz Cinemas Randwick - Cinema 5
Assisted ListeningWheelchairSubtitled
Sat 15 June 2024, 10:30am
Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 5
Assisted ListeningWheelchairSubtitled
  • Program Strand
  • Year
    2024
  • Language
    In English, French and German with English subtitles
  • Director
    Tilman Singer
  • Producer
    Markus Halberschmidt, Josh Rosenbaum, Maria Tsigka, Ken Kao, Thor Bradwell
  • Cast
    Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick
  • Screenwriter
    Tilman Singer
  • Cinematographer
    Paul Faltz
  • Editor
    Terel Gibson, Philipp Thomas
  • Genre
  • Premiere
    Australian Premiere
  • Company Credits
    Australian Distributor: Park Circus

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