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Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

The first must-see film of the year.

The film "The Clay Bird", also known as "Matir Moina", has brought about a groundbreaking development in the Bengal film industry while there was a very few films to be proud of as a Bangladeshi audience. It is the story about a child named Anu and his journey through different dimensions. Being brought up in a protective family, Anu was sent to a boarding religious school, locally known as a Madrasah. There he got to experience new things and meet new kids and people from diverse background. Anu finds Rokon, fellow student and a kid with weird behavior, as a trustworthy friend. Simultaneously, Anu's family has been going through various challenges battling against the superstitions of Anu's father who is so possessive about his beliefs and decisions. The film also pictured the political dilemma and controversy in people during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971.

well..really hard to believe that in Bangladesh such kinda great movies are being produced...one of it's own kind! the story sketches the heart of the rural bangla and the culture... the direction is superb.. well..really hard to believe that in Bangladesh such kinda great movies are being produced...one of it's own kind! the story sketches the heart of the rural bangla and the culture... the direction is superb

Tareq Masud excels as the director of "Matir Moina". His early works on the glorious liberation war "Muktir Gaan" & "Muktir Kotha" - his other masterpieces clearly shows the rise of an world class director. Here he ables himself to portray the beginning of the revolution before the 1971 war with a cool picture of a village where religious strictness & openness both coexists and puts Anu - the central character with a different view. This is the real picture of a moderate muslim country like Bangladesh - where some people are regularly trying to shatter the image of the nice country. This movie will clear the views of the worldwide viewers about Bangladesh.It can be said that this should be a tough contender in the Oscars. Good luck Tareq Masud!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was one of my surprise favourites of the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2002. It painted a rich picture of life in Bangladesh during the revolutionary period of the 1970's with all it's highs and lows. It is filmed in a very documentary style (the director is a seasoned documentary film maker) with all the facts carefully shown to allow the viewer to make up their own mind on things. The visuals are very clean and colourful (again very documentary-esque) with beautiful shots of the fantastic Bangladeshi landscape. The music used in the film seems to be traditional (not that I know much about traditional Bangladeshi music!) and is very touching.What is truly remarkable about this film is the way all it's points are well balanced, not showing anything to be absolutely right nor wrong. It's portrayal of Islam is fascinating and I learned more about the religion than I'd known before.Another astonishing point I got from the film was it painted such a good picture of humanity, warts and all. I was watching this pictures of a normal family who's lives are supposed to be so much different than mine, different culture, politics, religion, who live on the other side of the world and yet then seemed so natural and so familiar, not that different at all really.It's a film I will never forget and I truly recommend that anybody who gets the chance to see it should.