White Bird: A Wonder Story
January 18, 2024
| Lionsgate
| 122 minutes
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Directed by: Marc Forster
| Written by: Mark Bomback
| Literature: R.J. Palacio
| Cinematography: Matthias Koenigswieser
| Editing: Matt Chesse
| Costume Design: Jenny Beavan
| Production Design: Jennifer Williams
| Music: Thomas Newman
In "White Bird: A Wonder Story", kindness even has the power to save lives, as Julian Albans (Bryce Gheisar), the bully who left Beecher Prep, is visited by his Grandmère (Helen Mirren) from Paris and is transformed by her remarkable story of compassion and courage. As a girl in Nazi-occupied France, the young Grandmère goes into hiding with the help of a schoolmate, a young man who risks everything to give her the chance to survive. Together, they find beauty and love in the secret world of their own creation.
Gillian Anderson (Vivienne), Helen Mirren (Grandmère), Olivia Ross (Rose), Bryce Gheisar (Julian), Nadine Leon Gobet (Robyn), Orlando Schwerdt (Julien), John Bubniak (Gendarme Marc), Stuart McQuarrie (Pastor Luc), Philip Lenkowsky (Rabbi Bernstein), Jim High (Milice Commander), Ishai Golan (Max), Ariella Glaser (Sara), Jordan Cramond (Jerome), James Beaumont (Pastor Robert), Sean Brodeur (Groom), Jem Matthews (Vincent), Anise Napoleao dos Reis (Lucy)