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Plot

Mani Rathnam's A Peck on the Cheek is about a girl who discovers the truth about her past. Amudha (Keerthana) is an eight-year-old girl who learns from her adopted family that her real mother and father were separated by a war. In an attempt to meet her birth mother, she travels with her cousin and her new family to the place her parents came from, and sees for herself the conditions that led to her being separated from her parents. A Peck on the Cheek was screened at the Toronto Film Festival.
MPAA Rating:
Not Rated
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
135min.
Theatrical Release Date:
03/08/2002
DVD Release Date:
06/26/2007
Distributor(s):
Film Movement
Director(s):
Mani Rathnam
Starring:
Kalyan Chakravarthy , Nandita Das , Keerthana , Madhavan , Prakashraj
Themes:
Mothers and Daughters,Discovering One's Heritage
Tone:
Reflective
Keywords:
adoption,family,girl,mother