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The Bird Can't Fly

The Bird Can't Fly

2007Movie⏱️ 1h 29mTV-PG
Drama
⭐ 6.5
IMDB Rating
284 votes

Melody returns home to Fairlands for the funeral of her estranged daughter. But the town has almost disappeared under the encroaching desert. She finds out she has a 10 year old grandson. Melody decides to take the boy away, but h...

Director
Threes Anna
Writers
Threes Anna, Philip Roberts
Stars
Barbara Hershey, Yusuf Davids, Tony Kgoroge
Release Date
January 3, 2008
Language
English
Country
Netherlands, South Africa, Ireland
πŸ† 1
Wins
🎯 2
Nominations
πŸ’¬ 2
Reviews
πŸ“½οΈ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Barbara Hershey
Barbara Hershey
as Melody
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Yusuf Davids
as River
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Tony Kgoroge
as Scoop
John Kani
John Kani
as Stone
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Blessing Mbonambi
as Johnny
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Nikilitha Mantungwa
as Little
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Kira Wilkinson
as Grace
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Amanda Dilma
as Pretty
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Tina Jaxa
as Mercy
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Thoko Ntshinga
as Fair

πŸ’° Box Office

$938
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
South Africa
Production
24fps Productions, Borderline Productions, Razor Sharp Films

🏷️ Keywords

town

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Lord of the Flies in the desert Paradise Hotel
by OJT β€’ 2022-06-28
8/10

"This is a very special film - quite unlike most you've seen, due to where it's happening. At long lost Paradise Hotel - now a sandy desert. It's a story about loss, grief and redemption in a out-dried landscape of a desert. It resembles the stories fro the icy North, tough it's in a warm desert. A woman in grief tries to save what she believes is her son, a 10 year old living astray with other abandoned kids in a dessert village. But noen of the kids wants to be saved. They are well adjusted to the life in the desert, where storm ror and dry sun kills. The birds who can&..."

πŸ“– Synopsis

Melody returns home to Fairlands for the funeral of her estranged daughter. But the town has almost disappeared under the encroaching desert. She finds out she has a 10 year old grandson. Melody decides to take the boy away, but h...