Bulbul Can Sing

Year

2018

Genre

Drama

Status

Completed

Synopsis

In the atmospheric light of dusk and dawn, Rima Das portrays the lives  of three friends on the threshold of adulthood. Poetic sensuality contrasts with authentic scenes of everyday life in their Indian village, where care-free youthfulness comes face to face with merciless reality. The story‘s protagonist is Bulbul, whose voice fails her when she has to sing in front of people. Fear of failure and self-doubt also plague the fragile Bonny, and Suman, who does not fulfil the traditional male image. The experience of first love puts the three teenagers under the pressure of high expectations and strict moral codes. The relationship between love and suffering demands a lot of strength. Bulbul the nightingale begins to sing.

• Toronto International Film Festival, 2018
• Berlin International Film Festival, 2018
• Busan International Film Festival, 2018
• AFI Fest, 2018
• Singapore International Film Festival, 2018
• Mumbai International Film Festival, 2018
• Kerala International Film Festival, 2018
• Dublin International International Festival, 2019
• Osaka Asian Film Festival, 2019
• New York Indian Film Festival, 2019
• London Indian Film Festival, 2019
• Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2019
• Busan International Kids & Youth Festival, 2019
• Zlin Film Festival, 2019
• Habitat Film Festival, 2019
• MOOV Festival, 2019
• Cleveland International Film Festival, 2019
• Hong Kong International Film Festival, 2019