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A Yellow Bird
A Window on Asian Cinema
Family · Crime/Violence · Social Criticism · Coming of Age
- CountrySingapore,France
- Production Year2016
- Running Time112min
- FormatDCP
- ColorColor
Program Note
Recently released from prison, Siva works part time at funerals while searching for his wife and daughter, who left him shortly after he was put away. In spite of his desperate efforts, no one, including his own mother, is willing to help him look for them. With difficulty, he finds his sister-in-law and learns that his wife has remarried. Despite this, he doesn’t give up, and leaves his mother’s house, filled with tenants with whom even communication is arduous. He befriends Chen Chen, a young single mother who works with him and engages in prostitution to make ends meet, and she suggests that he become her bodyguard when she meets her clients. A revealing film about one man’s pain and anger, a man whose fate forces him to live as an outsider.
Although the protagonist searches for his family, what he is truly looking for is not a woman to protect nor a child to support. It is his own identity. To become a member of society, he needs to overcome his own anger as well as that of others. However, the reality surrounding him is so harsh that it is difficult to tell good will from ill will. (PARK Sungho)
Director
K. RAJAGOPAL
A theater and film professional, Singapore native K. rajagopal returned to the stage after an 11-year hiatus to play King Lear at Brussels’ Kunsten Festival des Arts. As a filmmaker, his shorts and docs include Brother (1999), Culture X (2010) and 7 Letters (2015). A Yellow Bird is his feature directorial debut.
Credit
- Director
K. RAJAGOPAL - ProducerFran Borgia
Claire Lajoumard
Jeremy Chua - CastSivakumar Palakrishnan
Lu Huang
Seema Biswas
Udaya Soundari - ScreenplayK. Rajagopal
Jeremy Chua - CinematographyMichael Zaw
- Production DesignJames Page
- SoundJustin Loh
Roman Dymny - Production CompanyAkanga Film Asia
Acrobates Films - World SalesALPHA VIOLET
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