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Kannathil Muthamittal

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2002 · 137 min Drama War
7.6 / 10 · TMDB

A girl discovers she was adopted, and this revelation ignites an unquenchable desire to find her birth mother. Her family, wrestling with their own doubts, agrees to journey to Sri Lanka—a land they know only through vague impressions. Their search leads them not to a longed-for reunion, but into the heart of a civil war, where they come face-to-face with the harsh reality of the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. A personal quest becomes inextricably woven into a collective tragedy.

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Original Title கன்னத்தில் முத்தமிட்டாள்
Year 2002
Country India
Genre Drama, War
Director Mani Ratnam
Runtime 137 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.6/10 (49 votes)

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The film constructs a delicate bridge between an intimate family drama and a vast historical conflict. The director resists easy answers, revealing how a search for roots can lead to the most unexpected and dangerous places.

What lingers after the credits is a profound sense of the fragility of individual lives against the grinding machinery of war. The contrast between a child's perspective and adult brutality is handled with unsettling clarity. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Mani Ratnam

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