Kannathil Muthamittal

Kannathil Muthamittal

A Peck on the Cheek.

2002137 min7.7 / 10

A tender, intimate family drama that uses a child's search for her birth mother to confront the human cost of civil war and the possibility of compassion amid violence.

A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.

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