Bird

Twelve-year-old Bailey lives with her half-brother Hunter and her father Bug in a squat somewhere in North Kent. The unemployed Bug, who is only in his mid-twenties himself, pays little attention to his children. He is primarily focused on his upcoming marriage to his girlfriend Kayleigh. Bailey's mother also has other things on her mind: her new boyfriend Skate. During a walk, Bailey meets a very peculiar man: Bird. He wears a skirt, speaks with a strange accent, and says he is looking for his parents. The two become friends, and it soon becomes clear that they need each other more than they initially thought.

British director Andrea Arnold tells a truthful story about a 12-year-old child from a broken family and does so in the style we have come to expect from her: kitchen-sink realism, just as she did in Fish Tank. But everything changes just a little with the introduction of the character Bird. Starring Nykiya Adams, Barry Keoghan, and Franz Rogowski.