The Foolish Bird

The Foolish Bird — Plot

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.

• Release date
• June 30, 2017
• Runtime
• 116 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Ryuji Otsuka

The Foolish Bird — Cast

Yao Honggui Lynn Lin

L

Liqiao Xiao Dawei

F

Fang Yao May Huang Ji

H

Huang Zifan Lynn's Grandfather

Y

Yan Shixiang Lynn's Grandmother

L

Liu Xiaoling Lynn's Mother

W

Wei Xincai Lynn's Teacher