The Bird Can't Fly

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The Bird Can’t Fly
Directed by Threes Anna
Written byThrees Anna
Philip Roberts
Produced byThrees Anna
Bous De Jong
Tom Maguire
Joel Phiri
Anton Scholten
Starring Barbara Hershey
CinematographyGuido van Gennep
Edited byWouter Jansen
Music by Paul Hepker
Mark Kilian
Release date
  • 12 May 2007 (2007-05-12)(Cannes)
Running time
89 minutes
CountriesSouth Africa
Ireland
Netherlands
LanguageEnglish

The Bird Can't Fly is a 2007 Dutch-South African-Irish drama film directed by Threes Anna and starring Barbara Hershey. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Holland, Jonathan (1 October 2007). "The Bird Can't Fly". Variety . Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. Valens, Gregory (12 December 2007). "The Bird Can't Fly". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 14 May 2020.