Movie Details
Original Language:Tamil
Malli
Indian director Santosh Sivan departed from his successful 1998 The Terrorist a political thriller hailed as one of the most beautiful films ever to come from the subcontinent to make this magical portrait of the inner life of Malli a poor eightyear old girl Malli works to help her parents collect firewood and plays with her best friend the deaf and mute daughter of a middle class family She longs for two things in this world a new bright yellow dress and a magical blue bead that purportedly will restore her friends hearing Depicted with a surreal occasionally nightmarish texture the film lyrically shows both the easy friendships and bitter disappointments of childhood and the power of the imagination
DirectorSantosh Sivan
