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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 fath... read more read more...er 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. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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Unrated, 2 hr. 15 min.

Directed by: Mani Ratnam

Release Date: February 14, 2002

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DVD Release Date: August 8, 2006

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  • crazydannielle16
    June 22, 2011
    crazydannielle16
    A little girl learns that she was adopted and sets out with her parents on a dangerous journey through areas at war to find her birth mother and the truth to why she was abandoned. It is a heartbreaking story told through the eyes of beautiful eight-year-old Amudha (the actress w... read moreho plays her is breathtaking.) The story is a tear-jerker... sure to sweep you away with tender love.
  • somstr
    July 6, 2008
    somstr
    Maniratnam shines once again! A masterful presentation of very uneasy sequences of events in the life of a 9 year old. And how her adopted family helps her resolve the unanswered questions about her biological mother and in search of her own origin. A brutal awakening about facts... read more of life seen through the eyes of an 9 years old and how she accepts it.

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Dennis Schwartz
July 5, 2007
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Looks too commercially slick in its presentation to really touch one's heart. Full Review

Derek Elley
February 23, 2012
Derek Elley, Variety

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