Burning Birds
After her husband is murdered by a local militia, Kusum has to support her eight children and her mother-in-law. With the breadwinner gone, Kusum...
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Burning Birds
DAVENA VIHAGUN DramaAfter her husband is murdered by a local militia, Kusum has to support her eight children and her mother-in-law. With the breadwinner gone, Kusum has to make extreme choices in the face of her desperation.
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- Sanjeewa Pushpakumara
- Anoma JanadariSamanalee FonsekaMahendra PereraChandani Senavirathne Leonie KotalawalaPubudu ChathurangaThissa BandaranayakaPriyanka Samaraweera
- Sri Lanka
- Sinhalese
- 84 mins
- 2016
Accolades
35th Munich International Film Festival
Official Selection (Germany)
TOKYO FILMeX, 2016
Special Jury Prize
70th Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland)
Pusan International Film Festival, 2016
New Currents Award Nominee
Critics
The Hollywood Reporter
"Burning Birds is a much more poised and harrowing affair than Jacques Audiard’s Palme d’Or-winning Dheepan."
"Burning Birds is a blistering social and artistic statement."
