LAHORE- Shamoon Abbasi’s upcoming film ‘Durj’, which touches the untapped genre of cannibalism, will be screened at Cannes Film Festival.
The film, which will hit theatres on Eid this year, made headlines for its distinctive theme soon after its trailer was released.
In a recent interview to local media, Abbasi shared details about upcoming Pakistani web series titled ‘Mind-Games’, which might potentially stream on Netflix, and also revealed that his next film ‘Durj’ will be screened at Cannes.
Sharing the inspiration behind the plot for ‘Durj’, Abbasi said in a previous interview that the story is based on not one but three real-life incidents that occurred in Pakistan. “Two of them happened in Punjab. One was about these two brothers (Arif and Farman), who dug over 100 graves and ate corpses. Somehow they were getting away with the crime,” he said.
It took a lot of research for Abbasi to find a way to conceive the story and figure out his stance on cannibalism. He unveils that the film is not only an intense thriller but also has a lighter side to it. Other than Abbasi, the film also stars actress Sherry Shah.
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