Rent White Bird: A Wonder Story (2023)
3.6 of 5 from 97 ratings
2h 1min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Struggling to fit in at his new school after being expelled for his treatment of Auggie Pullman, Julian (Bryce Gheisar) is visited by his grandmother (Helen Mirren) and is transformed by the compassionate and heroic story of her attempts to escape Nazi-occupied France during WWII.
- Actors:
- Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt, Gillian Anderson, Bryce Gheisar, Priya Ghotane, Kevan Van Thompson, Helen Mirren, Laura Hudeckova, Ishai Golan, Olivia Ross, Mia Kadlecova, Selma Kaymakci, Jem Matthews, Jordan Cramond, Yelisey Kazakevich, Vladimír Javorský, Cyril Dobrý, Jeremy Tichy, Patsy Ferran, Samuel Talacko
- Directors:
- Marc Forster
- Producers:
- David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, R.J. Palacio
- Writers:
- Mark Bomback, R.J. Palacio
- Aka:
- White Bird
- Studio:
- Dazzler
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 07/07/2025
- Run Time:
- 121 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Finding the Cast
- Yesterday's World: Designing 'White Bird'
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 07/07/2025
- Run Time:
- 121 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Finding the Cast
- Yesterday's World: Designing 'White Bird'
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Reviews (2) of White Bird: A Wonder Story
A Lovely Family Film About Kindness - White Bird: A Wonder Story review by GI
A heartwarming and tender film about kindness and empathy that has a fairy tale quality and by the end an emotional impact.
Helen Mirren bookends this family drama as a celebrated artist in the US who confronts her moody teenage grandson who has been expelled from his school for bullying and is struggling to fit into his new one. She does this by telling him the story of her schooldays in France during the Second World War. The main narrative of the film is then told in flashback to the small town in Nazi controlled France in 1942 where Mirren's character Sara (Ariella Glaser) is a popular student and Jewish and has her eye on a handsome fellow classmate. But the rise in anti Jewish rhetoric and the banning of Jews from shops is a shock to Sara and especially when some of her friends begin to shun her. Then the Nazis arrive one morning to round all the Jewish children up, Sara manages to escape and is helped by Julien (Orlando Schwerdt) who hides her in the family barn. He is a fellow student who has a deformed leg and has been routinely bullied and shunned by his classmates including Sara. Julien and his family risk their lives in hiding her for the rest of the war despite incidents that bring fear and tragedy to them all.
The film boasts beautiful cinematography and delves into how a child's imagination helps survive the frightening circumstances the film depicts. There's plenty of inspiration here that resonates today in a world that polarises people with extreme views and a fear of difference. It's also a wonderful film about friendship, affection and how acts of kindness resonate on through the years.
Gillian Anderson costars as Julien's mother.
A rather lovely film and suitable as a family experience.
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Good but naive - White Bird: A Wonder Story review by CSF
I enjoyed the film even if it seems to have been made after a 3 week course on how to make a film. I won't say more. Still it is worth watching and what's more, it was like very much like the life in France during the German ccupation. The film is worth 2 stars for the 'making' and 4 stars for what it shows.
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