The Foolish Bird
Lynn lives with her grandparents in Meicheng, a small Hunanese city unsettled by an ongoing rape-murder investigation. With little structure to regulate her life outside of school, where she is bullied, Lynn begins smuggling and reselling confiscated mobile phones with her friend, which leads to encounters with the city’s seedier inhabitants.
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The Foolish Bird
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Jun 30, 2017
Runtime
1h 56m
Genres
Drama
User Score
70%
Original Title
笨鳥
Production Companies
Yellow-Green Pi, Coolie Films Corporation
Director
Ryuji Otsuka
Description
Lynn lives with her grandparents in Meicheng, a small Hunanese city unsettled by an ongoing rape-murder investigation. With little structure to regulate her life outside of school, where she is bullied, Lynn begins smuggling and reselling confiscated mobile phones with her friend, which leads to encounters with the city’s seedier inhabitants.