Jallikattu

Deep in the forests that dominate the South Indian state of Kerala, life rolls along at the same pace that it has for decades. However, in this rural town, the monotony is about to be shattered by the act of one stubborn buffalo who’s not prepared to meet his maker. When this magnificent beast escapes the chopping block, it sends an entire region into panic as they scramble to subdue him before he destroys everything they've built. As the buffalo careens through town, leveling whoever and whatever he pleases, the men of this village struggle to devise a plan of attack, hamstrung by long-held political and personal allegiances, leading to a chaos far beyond what anyone could have predicted. The result is utter anarchy, a tremendous cavalcade of failed masculinity and ancient communal bonds gone to shit, all in the service of harnessing a part of nature that man was never meant to tame. (Fantastic Fest)