The Foolish Bird

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.

Director: Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka

Cast: Yao Honggui, Liqiao Xiao, Fang Yao, Huang Ji, Huang Zifan, Yan Shixiang, Liu Xiaoling, Wei Xincai

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.