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The Bird Can't Fly

  • 2007
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 29m
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6.5/10
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The Bird Can't Fly (2007)
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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. Me... Read allMelody 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 he resists.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 he resists.

  • Director
    • Threes Anna
  • Writers
    • Threes Anna
    • Philip Roberts
  • Stars
    • Barbara Hershey
    • Yusuf Davids
    • Tony Kgoroge
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    6.5/10
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    • Director
      • Threes Anna
    • Writers
      • Threes Anna
      • Philip Roberts
    • Stars
      • Barbara Hershey
      • Yusuf Davids
      • Tony Kgoroge
    • 2User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    8/10
    Lord of the Flies in the desert Paradise Hotel
    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't fly are all over. Ostriches trying to save their egg and offspring from the kid hunters.

    Oscar Nominee Barbara Hershey betters every movie she plays in, and so also with this strange but compelling story, well worth a watch.

    A movie that deserves a much wider audience than it have had so far.

    Use the chance to see it!
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    • Release date
      • January 3, 2008 (Netherlands)
    • Countries of origin
      • Netherlands
      • South Africa
      • Ireland
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 호텔 파라다이스
    • Filming locations
      • South Africa
    • Production companies
      • 24fps Productions
      • Borderline Productions
      • Razor Sharp Films
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      • €2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $938
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      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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