Bafiokadie and Tene, a brother and sister, begin a journey to find a blue bird that has suddenly disappeared in the garden. The siblings encounter their deceased grandparents, engage in a battle with spiritual beings of the forest and learn the secret of love and pleasure. They finally go back home after discovering the secret of birth in the kingdom of future. This brilliantly hued reinterpretation of the classic fairy tale is the director’s second feature that was introduced during the Directors’ Fortnight at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The director had announced the debut of an extraordinary author with his film [Little Baby Jesus of Flandr] (2010). As in the first feature, this one also makes the audience focus on the actors rather than on the characters that become icons in a sense. The frequent use of the horizontal extreme long shot prevents concentration on narratives while bringing the audience to the position of observers. Painting the continent of Africa with blue and thus escaping the reality, the film runs toward fanstasy with the children looking for the blue bird. (RHEE, Soue-won)