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The Bird Can't Fly

2008 · 89 min Drama
7.0 / 10 · TMDB

Melody returns to her old home to Fairlands the funeral of their daughter, June to attend. But Melody not recognize their city regains because it is almost entirely disappeared under tons of sand. She also learns that they have a 10-year-old grandson, River, has. Melody River will take into their new life, but this is fighting back. He wants to hatch the eggs of ostriches, which he has always fed with his mother. Rivers father, Scoop, a lazy musician and the man in the city post office, wants Melody leaves the city. Here are a lot of conflicts, to Melody learns the truth. But haunts as a sand storm the city, suddenly everything changes.

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Year 2008
Country Ireland, Netherlands, South Africa
Genre Drama
Director Threes Anna
Runtime 89 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.0/10 (5 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The film constructs its narrative on the contrast between fragile human memory and the relentless force of nature, building a metaphor of loss through the image of a city buried in sand. It explores family wounds, relying on silence and desolate landscapes as full participants in the drama.

What lingers after viewing is a feeling of fine sand dust on the heart—the story doesn't seek easy answers but quietly settles in the soul, much like the sand of Fairlands itself. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Threes Anna

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