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The Clay Bird
Directed by
Tareque Masud
2001
1h 38m
Drama
,
History
8.4
89%
85%
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A family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world.
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Cast of The Clay Bird
Nurul Haque
Anu
Russell Farazi
Rokon
Jayanto Chattopadhyay
Kazi
Rokeya Prachy
Ayesha
Soaeb Islam
Milon
Lameesa Reemjheem
Asma
Shah Alam Dewan
Karim Boatman
The Clay Bird Reviews
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
With compassionate restraint, Masud challenges the intimate link of religious fundamentalism to national power.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
Has a kind of twofold eloquence.
Miami Herald
Marta Barber
Poignant and beautiful.
San Francisco Chronicle
Jonathan Curiel
The phrase 'small gem' was made for a movie like this one.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
It's a beautifully simple portrait of a country in ferment and a family struggling to define its soul.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Written by Masud and his wife, Catherine Masud, the script is intelligent and affecting.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Howard Shapiro
It has a quiet thoughtfulness that never comes close to being draggy, and a wisdom that is anything but obtuse.
Boston Herald
Paul Sherman
There's just not that much genuine conflict to sink your teeth into.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
The earthy imagery is delicate while the drama is oddly elliptical, creating a lovely film of storybook images and parables.
New York Times
Elvis Mitchell
Set in Bangladesh in the 1960's, Tareque Masud's intelligent drama questions the nature of dedication to Islam.
Movie Habit
Marty Mapes
A slice-of-life movie set against the backdrop of Bangladeshi independence
Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
The filmmaker's clear empathy for his characters and close knowledge of his subject matter gives the film a vibrant authenticity that well compensates for any narrative flaws.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Subtle to the point of inscrutability, the 1960s-set The Clay Bird is a nonetheless compelling look at both the personal and social dynamics of a Muslim family living uneasily among Hindus in East Pakistan.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
The power of this quiet little film lies in the lyricism of its images of life on Bangladesh's waterways and in its towns ... and in the naturalistic performances from its cast of mostly nonprofessional actors.
Village Voice
Elliott Stein
Throughout, The Clay Bird recalls the empathy for childhood's innocence and lust for living -- as well as the visual rapture and naturalness -- of Ray's great Pather Panchali.
Film Journal International
Eric Monder
While The Clay Bird might be a bit too restrained for its own dramatic good, at least the film sheds light on a significant part of world history in a way relevant to contemporary viewers.
Nitrate Online
Elias Savada
The Clay Bird is a incredibly humbling experience that you'd be a fool to miss.
Boxoffice Magazine
Jordan Reed
Largely a documentary filmmaker, Masud may need a few more features under his belt before his work has a consistent flow.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
It's a perfect title for a film that deals so passionately with freedom -- spiritual and political -- and coming of age, not just of Anu, but an entire nation.
Film Threat
Phil Hall
Excellent film from Bangladesh.
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