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A Yellow Bird

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A Yellow Bird
Film poster
Directed byK. Rajagopal
Written byK. Rajagopal
Jeremy Chua
Produced byFran Borgia
Jeremy Chua
Claire Lajoumard
StarringSivakumar Palakrishnan
Huang Lu
Seema Biswas
CinematographyMichael Zaw
Edited byFran Borgia
Production
companies
Akanga Film Asia
Acrobates Films
Release dates
  • 18 May 2016 (2016-05-18) (Cannes)
  • 8 December 2016 (2016-12-08) (Singapore)
Running time
112 minutes
CountriesSingapore
France
LanguagesTamil
Mandarin
English

A Yellow Bird is a 2016 Singaporean-French drama film directed and co-written by K. Rajagopal and starring Sivakumar Palakrishnan, Huang Lu, and Seema Biswas. It was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2]

Plot

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "A Yellow Bird". Semaine de la Critique. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ A Yellow Bird, retrieved 14 January 2019
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