Bringing together social realism with a magical realist twist, Andrea Arnold’s tender, striking and extraordinarily modern fairy tale BIRD takes a look at life on the fringes of Broken Britain.
Twelve-year-old Bailey lives with her devoted but chaotic single dad Bug and wayward brother Hunter in a rundown tenement block. Approaching puberty and seeking attention and adventure, Bailey’s fractured home life is transformed when she encounters Bird, a mysterious stranger on a journey of his own...
With a charismatic performance by newcomer Nykiya Adams as the lonely but imaginative Bailey and a pitch perfect Barry Keoghan as her loving but distracted father, BIRD’s tale of the journey from childhood to adolescence is a compelling, ultimately joyous story that along the way also tackles themes of identity, sexism, loneliness, and class struggle.Bird showing at: November 21, 6:10 pm
Bird
Location: Rio Cinema107 Kingsland High Street, London, E8 2PB3