Burning Birds
A Feature film of
Produced by
Production year2015
Runtime1 h 24 min
Synopsis
1989. A small village in Eastern Sri Lanka. After her husband is abducted, tortured and murdered by government soldiers, Kusum has a struggle on her hands to look after her eight children and mother-in-law all by herself. After a series of unsuccessful odd jobs, in which she is constantly abused both physically and sexually, Kusum falls into prostitution. She is soon arrested in a brothel, by the police. When news of what has befallen their mother reaches school, the children are expelled...
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Neon Productions
- Foreign production company : Sapushpa Expressions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Film Republic
Full credits (1)
- Executive Producer : Antonin Dedet
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : Singhalese
- Coproducer countries : France, Sri Lanka
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Sri Lanka)
- Production year : 2015
- French release :
- Runtime : 1 h 24 min
- Current status :
- Approval :
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
