TIGER STRIPES
Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week Grand Prize Award Winner
Zaffan is the first girl to get her period at her school. Her condition, deemed dirty, ignites jealousy in her friend circle, leading to severe bullying from her middle school peers. Perpetuated by ignorant folklore and fear, the shaming comes from home and school.
Girls are not held in the highest regard, and the slightest infraction or break from compliance is frowned upon. Zaffan dares to be an individual. The consequence of her behavior arrives in punishment with harmful words and physical abuse. Enter an opportunistic scam artist, and things get worse. Her unrelenting trauma triggers a fight response. Zaffan’s physical and emotional changes gradually manifest themselves into a dazzling creature of revenge.
Zafreen Zairizai is extraordinary as Zaffan. It is a fearless and emotionally wrought performance that is undeniably award-worthy. TIGER STRIPES takes a satisfying page from Frankenstein and perhaps a clever nod to The Crucible. TIGER STRIPES is like a live-action horror version of Disney Pixar’s TURNING RED. It is a fantastical allegory for girlhood and feminist power.
Tiger Stripes Trailer:
In Select Theaters June 14, 2024
NEW YORK 6/14
Cinema Village / 22 East 12th Street
LOS ANGELES 6/21
Lumiere Music Hall / 9036 Wilshire Blvd
Synopsis
The first amongst her friends to hit puberty, Zaffan, 12, discovers a terrifying secret about her body. Ostracised by her community, Zaffan fights back, learning that to be free she must embrace the body she feared, emerging as a proud, strong woman.
Directed by:
Amanda Nell Eu
Cast:
Zafreen Zairizal
Deena Ezral
Piqa
Shaheizy Sam
June Lojong
Khairunazwan Rodzy
Fatimah Abu Bakar
About Dark Star Pictures
Dark Star Pictures is a new-age North American distribution company, focused on bringing unique and targeted content to audiences across the country. We are committed to releasing auteur-driven, original cinema in the theatrical, digital and home video space.
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