Bird
“Don’t you worry. Everything will be okay” Esoteric, surreal and raw, Bird is a candid coming-of-age drama led by a phenomenal Nykiya Adams as the rugged Bailey whose unlikely friendship with the sensitive Bird, played gently by Franz Rogowski helps her navigate a harsh broken world to find hope and love amidst the messiness of its surroundings. Discussion Points: I’m willing to admit I probably wasn’t in the best headspace to watch this. After a long day of work and having slept poor the night before and with a million things on my mind, I went into Bird incredibly distracted, but left very moved albeit still weary. Bird is a slow and at times esoteric and surreal coming-of-age British poverty drama that is harsh and full of broken people but also glimmers with hope and love. Nykiya Adams is absolutely mesmerising, a young woman coming-of-age but already lopsided in maturity. She’s a product of a broken home with a dropkick dad (played with roguish charm by Barry Keoghan), a messy m
