KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAL

On her ninth birthday of all days, Amudha's parents tell her that she is adopted and that her biological parents disappeared underground during the civil war turmoil in Sri Lanka. Now she is determined to find them again ... Mani Ratnam knows like no other how to mould strong emotions and grandiose images into a driving, almost magical narrative set against a politically real background. (Florian Widegger)