The Bird Can't Fly (2007)

The Bird Can't Fly (2007). The Bird Can't Fly: Directed by Threes Anna. With Barbara Hershey, Yusuf Davids, Tony Kgoroge, John Kani. 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.

“This is a very special film – quite unlike most youu0026#39;ve seen, due to where itu0026#39;s happening. At long lost Paradise Hotel – now a sandy desert.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;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 itu0026#39;s in a warm desert.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA 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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe birds who canu0026#39;t fly are all over. Ostriches trying to save their egg and offspring from the kid hunters.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOscar Nominee Barbara Hershey betters every movie she plays in, and so also with this strange but compelling story, well worth a watch.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA movie that deserves a much wider audience than it have had so far.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eUse the chance to see it!”