The Bird Can't Fly

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Netherlands, South Africa, Ireland 2007; Drama; 35mm colour; 89 minutes; aspect ratio 1:1.85; Dolby Digital sound; original language English; available with French and Spanish subtitles

CREDITS

DIRECTOR/WRITER	Threes Anna
PRODUCERS	Anton Scholten, Joel Phiri, Tom Maguire,Threes Anna
LINE PRODUCER	Rachel Young
CINEMATOGRAPHER	Guido van Gennep
WARDROBE	Diana Cilliers
EDITOR	Wouter Jansen
ORIGINAL MUSIC	Paul Hepker and Mark Kilian
PRODUCTION COMPANY	24fps features
CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY	IMG Productions, Borderline Productions

CAST

Melody	Barbara Hershey
River	Yusuf Davids
Scoop	Tony Kgoroge
Stone	John Kani

SYNOPSIS

Melody returns home to Fairlands for the funeral of her estranged daughter June. But the town has almost disappeared under the encroaching desert. She also has to confront the fact that she has a 10 year old grandson, River, whose existence she knew nothing about.Melody decides to take River away with her but he is resistant. He has worked out an ambitious plan to survive, by breeding the ostriches he and his mother used to feed.

His father, Scoop, an idle musician and the town’s postman, wants her to leave because he has a secret to hide. A series of confrontations ensues until Melody discovers the truth. It’s only when a sandstorm forces Melody and River to take shelter together, that Melody faces some painful facts from her past, which allows both of them to reach an understanding and to
begin a new future together.