The Foolish Bird
2017•1h 56m•7.0•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Ryuji Otsuka
Writer
Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka
Languages
Mandarin
Studio
Yellow-Green Pi
Cast
Yao Honggui
Lynn Lin
Liqiao Xiao
Dawei
Fang Yao
May
Huang Ji
Huang Zifan
Lynn's Grandfather
Yan Shixiang
Lynn's Grandmother
Liu Xiaoling
Lynn's Mother
Wei Xincai
Lynn's Teacher
Huang Weiliang
Hair Salon Boss
Wang Manling
Mannie
Liu Yang
Fatty
Peng Na
Peng Na
Li Tenghui
E Mart Boss
Liu Wenmao
Dawei's Father
Mo Jiajian
Teacher Mo
Production
Company
Yellow-Green Pi
Company
Coolie Films Corporation
Producer
Ryuji Otsuka
Producer
Hsu Hsiao-Ming
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