former Tamil Tiger child
soldier, Antonythasan
Jesuthasan in the lead role, the
film tells the story of
three Tamil refugees who flee
the civil war-ravaged Sri
Lanka and come to France, in
the hope of reconstructing their
lives. The film won the Palme
d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film
Festival. It has been selected to
be shown in the Special
Presentations section of
the2015 Toronto International
Film Festival.
BIRDMAN
Birdman: or (The Unexpected
Virtue of Ignorance),
commonly known as Birdman,
is a 2014
American satirical black
comedy-drama film directed by
Alejandro G. Iñárritu. It was
written by Iñárritu, Nicolás
Giacobone, Alexander
Dinelaris Jr. and Armando Bo.
The film stars Michael
Keaton with a supporting cast
of Zach Galifianakis, Edward
Norton, Andrea
Riseborough,Amy
Ryan, Emma Stone and Naomi
Watts. The story follows
Riggan Thomson (Keaton), a
faded Hollywood actor best
known for playing the
superhero "Birdman", as he
struggles to mount
a Broadway adaptation of a
short story by Raymond
Carver.
JOY FEELINGS | DECEMBER ISSUE
77