Birdboy: The Forgotten Children

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children

There is light and beauty, even in the darkest of worlds.

NR 2015 · 76 min · ★ 7.4 · Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Adventure

Teenagers Birdboy and Dinki have decided to escape from an island devastated by ecological catastrophe: Birdboy by shutting himself off from the world, Dinki by setting out on a dangerous voyage in the hope that Birdboy will accompany her.

Directed by Alberto Vázquez · Written by Pedro Rivero

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