Movie·2017·1h 56m
The Foolish Bird
Country
China
Language
Mandarin
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The Story
Original title: 笨鳥
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.
Producer
Ryuji Otsuka, Hsu Hsiao-Ming
Cinematography
Ryuji Otsuka
Music
Lim Giong
Editor
Ryuji Otsuka
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Where to watch
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// cast
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
// crew
Crew
Huang Ji
Writer, Director
Ryuji Otsuka
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Editor
Hsu Hsiao-Ming
Producer
Ruby Chen
Executive Producer
Lim Giong
Original Music Composer
Liao Ching-sung
Editor
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