Tamil film Pebbles, directed by Vinothraj PS, wins Tiger Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam Nayanthara and filmmaker Vignesh Shivan have produced Tamil film Pebbles, which follows a poverty stricken father-son duo. FP Staff February 08, 2021 11:00:20 IST A still from Pebbles. Twitter @Binged
Tamil film
Pebbles (
Koozhangal), written and directed by Vinothraj PS, was announced as the winner of the prestigious Tiger Award at this year s edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Actor Nayanthara, filmmaker Vignesh Shivan, Sai Devanand S are the producers of the feature.
Pebbles chronicles the story of Ganapathy (Karuththadaiyaan), poverty-stricken father and his young son (Chellapandi) as they wander a southern Indian landscape where anger and frustration burn hotter than the sun.
Pebbles Review: Visual Rewards Complement a Primal Tale in This Noteworthy Indian Indie Pebbles Review: Visual Rewards Complement a Primal Tale in This Noteworthy Indian Indie
A young boy is dragged between villages by his abusive alcoholic father to bring his mother back home.
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Director: P S Vinothraj
With: Chella Pandi, Karuththadaiyan,
Premalatha, Banu Priya, Sanjeevikumar, Paraman, Rakkaye, Pandiyamma K, Dharshini , Philip Arulooss, Chandramathi, Raniyamma, Muthu, Meenakshi, Hemalata, Eshwaran, Vettachi. (Tamil dialogue)
Running time: Running time: 75 MIN.
Courtesy of Rotterdam
The sunbaked, drought-stricken terrain of southeast India is a major determinant of the action in P S Vinothraj’s beautifully crafted, precisely plotted debut, “Pebbles.” Taking a simple premise with all the focus and penetration of a perfectly constructed short story, the writer-director transforms the drama of a young boy dragged between