
The Foolish Bird
Drama
Overview
Lynn lives with her grandparents in Meicheng, a small Hunanese city unsettled by an ongoing rape-murder investigation. With little structure to regulate her life outside of school, where she is bullied, Lynn begins smuggling and reselling confiscated mobile phones with her friend, which leads to encounters with the city’s seedier inhabitants.
Top Cast


Yao Honggui
Yao Honggui
Lynn Lin
Yao Honggui
Lynn Lin
Liqiao Xiao
Liqiao Xiao
Dawei
Liqiao Xiao
Dawei
Fang Yao
Fang Yao
May
Fang Yao
May


Huang Ji
Huang Ji
Huang Ji
Huang Zifan
Huang Zifan
Lynn's Grandfather
Huang Zifan
Lynn's Grandfather
Yan Shixiang
Yan Shixiang
Lynn's Grandmother
Yan Shixiang
Lynn's Grandmother
Liu Xiaoling
Liu Xiaoling
Lynn's Mother
Liu Xiaoling
Lynn's Mother
Wei Xincai
Wei Xincai
Lynn's Teacher
Wei Xincai
Lynn's Teacher
Huang Weiliang
Huang Weiliang
Hair Salon Boss
Huang Weiliang
Hair Salon Boss
Wang Manling
Wang Manling
Mannie
Wang Manling
Mannie
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