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Andrea Arnold

Bird

Director Andrea Arnold Cast Nykiya Adams, Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski
Edition 2024
119' - 2024 - Drama - Format: DCP - Dialogue: English
Creating visual poetry in raw environments, exploring man's vulnerability but at the same time the power of all life: Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, American Honey) masters it like no other. In her fifth fiction feature Bird, she tells the story of twelve-year-old Bailey who grows up with her dad and half-brother in a ramshackle property. A warmhearted magic- and social-realist fable by one of Britain's best directors.

Twelve-year-old Bailey lives with her father (Barry Keoghan) and older brother in a squat in a small town in south-east England. Her dad informs her that he is getting married next Saterday. He will spend the next few summer days - unlike most grooms - mostly preoccupied with his quest for drugs. Meanwhile, Bailey becomes acquainted with a peculiar figure she meets in a field, the mysterious Bird (Franz Rogowski). A bond develops between the two and this helps Bailey confront her younger siblings who stay with her mother, whose boyfriend is synonymous with mischief. With Bird, British Andrea Arnold directs her first fiction film in eight years. She has not lost the typical social realist touch - seen in films like Fish Tank and American Honey - on the contrary, Arnold's cinema remains raw and authentic - even if she throws some magical realism into the mix for the first time. Once intimate then biting again, Bird is cinema on the cutting edge.

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Credits

Directors

Andrea Arnold

Cast

Nykiya Adams, Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski

Scenario

Andrea Arnold

Director of Photography

Robbie Ryan

Editors

Joe Bini

Producers

Lee Groombridge, Juliette Howell, Tessa Ross

Production studios

Ad Vitam Court, Arte France Cinéma, House Productions

Distributor

Cinéart

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Dialogue

English

Countries of production

United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, France

Year

2024

Filmography

Andrea Arnold
Milk (short, 1998), Dog (short, 2001), Wasp (short, 2003), Red Road (2006), Cinema 16 World Short Films (2008), Fish Tank (2009), Wuthering Heights (2011), American Honey (2016), Big Little Lies (TV series, 2019), Cow (2021), Bird (2024)

Technical Specs

Format
DCP