A Yellow Bird
A Yellow Bird is a 2016 drama film directed and co-written by K. Rajagopal and starring Sivakumar Palakrishnan, Huang Lu, and Seema Biswas. The film is a Singapore-France co-production. It was screened in the International Critics' Week section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2]
| A Yellow Bird | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | K. Rajagopal |
| Produced by | Fran Borgia Jeremy Chua Claire Lajoumard |
| Written by | K. Rajagopal Jeremy Chua |
| Starring | Sivakumar Palakrishnan Huang Lu Seema Biswas |
| Cinematography | Michael Zaw |
| Edited by | Fran Borgia |
Production company | Akanga Film Asia Acrobates Films |
Release date | |
Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Singapore France |
| Language | Tamil Mandarin English |
Plot
Siva (Sivakumar Palakrishnan) a Singaporean-Indian man is released after in prison for contraband smuggling. Unable to find forgiveness from his mother, he begins a quest to locate his ex-wife and daughter. Just as he finds solace and hope in the company of an illegal Chinese prostitute (Huang Lu), he is confronted with an unbearable truth about his family. How far he will go in order to redeem himself from guilt?[3]
Cast
- Sivakumar Palakrishnan as Siva
- Huang Lu
- Seema Biswas as Siva's mother
- Udaya Soundari
- Nithiyia Rao
- Indra Chandran
References
- "A Yellow Bird". Semaine de la Critique. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- Chan, Boon (18 April 2016). "Cannes debut for Singapore director K. Rajagopal's first feature A Yellow Bird". The Straits Times. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- A Yellow Bird, retrieved 14 January 2019
External links
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