The Foolish Bird

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Ryuji OtsukaWriter
• Huang JiWriter
• Ryuji OtsukaDirector
• Huang JiDirector
• Lim GiongOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Yao HongguiLynn Lin
• Liqiao XiaoDawei
• Fang YaoMay
• Huang JiCast
• Huang ZifanLynn's Grandfather
• Yan ShixiangLynn's Grandmother
• Liu XiaolingLynn's Mother
• Wei XincaiLynn's Teacher
• Huang WeiliangHair Salon Boss
• Wang ManlingMannie
• Liu YangFatty
• Peng NaPeng Na

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