• Source: Bird People (film)
    • Bird People is a 2014 French drama film directed by Pascale Ferran and starring Josh Charles and Anaïs Demoustier. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. It was also screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.


      Plot


      University student Audrey Camuzet works in Paris as a hotel maid where Gary Newman, an American businessman from Silicon Valley, is staying. The night after his meeting, Gary has difficulty sleeping and suffers a panic attack. When morning arrives, he stays in his room, deliberately misses his flight to Dubai where he had further business. He decides to quit his job, divorce his wife Elizabeth, leave his family and remain in the hotel indefinitely.
      Audrey tidies Gary's room after initially being surprised to find that he had not yet departed and discovers he was supposed to already be in Dubai. When the hotel experiences an electrical blackout, she goes to the roof to investigate and transforms into a sparrow. She glides down to the ground, overhears other people's conversations, practices her new found flying abilities and peeps into various hotel rooms. After checking on Gary, she returns to the hotel roof and finds herself unable to return to her human form.
      That night, she follows coworker Simon in his car to a park where he sleeps. After escaping attacks by a cat and an owl, she returns to the hotel roof. In the morning, she awakens in her original form once again. Later, Audrey literally bumps into Gary as he checks out of the hotel. They share an elevator ride and a conversation.


      Cast


      Josh Charles as Gary Newman
      Anaïs Demoustier as Audrey Camuzet
      Roschdy Zem as Simon
      Camélia Jordana as Leila
      Geoffrey Cantor as Allan
      Clark Johnson as McCullan
      Akela Sari as Mme Baccar
      Anne Azoulay as Melle Lhomond
      Manuel Vallade as Boris
      Genevieve Adams as Katlyn
      Taklyt Vongdara as Akira
      Radha Mitchell as Elisabeth Newman
      Catherine Ferran as Nuala
      Hippolyte Girardot as Vengers
      Mathieu Amalric as The Narrator
      Philippe Duclos as Audrey's father (voice)
      Kate Moran as Gary's sister (voice)


      Reception


      On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 61% based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews".


      References




      External links


      Bird People at IMDb
      Bird People at Metacritic
      Bird People at Rotten Tomatoes

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