Movie

A Peck on the Cheek

80%Critics5 reviews92%Audience89 reviews

7.2300average critics score, out of 1020022h 16m

Drama

On her ninth birthday Amudha (P.S. Keerthana), after learning that she was adopted, resolves to find her birth mother. Her parents Thiruchelvan (Madhavan) and Indra (Simran) insist on accompanying her, and so together they leave the comfort of their home in India to venture into the jungles of Sri Lanka, where they witness the violence and brutality of civil war. Eventually they discover Shyama (Nandita Das), who explains that she gave up her daughter to fight for the separatist cause.

Directed by:

Mani Ratnam