2002 · drama · war · family
Kannathil Muthamittal
Directed by Mani Ratnam2h 17m2002
A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.
Our read: Kannathil Muthamittal (2002) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · war · family entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / war, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
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