Movies Watched -- The Clay Bird (2002)

Added on by C. Maoxian.

In Bengali. 98 minute running time so the perfect length. I know nothing about the history of Bangladesh (East Pakistan) and how it became independent (so the movie is set before 1971) and the conflict between Hindus and Muslims and about boys being sent off to a madrasa, etc. so I learned a few basic things by watching this movie. I think there was a lot of symbolic stuff within that I didn’t get because I’m too dense. This was a John Farr reco (“lyrical gem”), and I’ll give it a yellow rating at best.

The clay bird laments:"Why did you infuse my heart with longing if you didn't give my wings the strength to fly?"