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]
| A Yellow Bird | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | K. Rajagopal |
| Written by | K. Rajagopal Jeremy Chua |
| Produced by | Fran Borgia Jeremy Chua Claire Lajoumard |
| Starring | Sivakumar Palakrishnan Huang Lu Seema Biswas |
| Cinematography | Michael Zaw |
| Edited by | Fran Borgia |
Production companies | Akanga Film Asia Acrobates Films |
Release dates | |
Running time | 112 minutes |
| Countries | Singapore France |
| Languages | Tamil Mandarin English |
Plot edit
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 edit
- Sivakumar Palakrishnan as Siva
- Huang Lu
- Seema Biswas as Siva's mother
- Udaya Soundari as Pavani
- Nithiyia Rao
- Indra Chandran
References edit
- ^ "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
