Boy meets bird. Bird meets world. Chaos ensues. Bring tissues.
August, a troubled young orphan, finds an abandoned ostrich egg and raises a giant, bird-brained best friend. When his ostrich is taken away, August risks everything to get him back.
Practical Effects
That ostrich puppet/animatronic deserves its own Oscar campaign.
Acting
Litlhakayane carries the whole film on tiny shoulders.
Direction
Soisson knows exactly when to let silence do the work.
Director
Joel Soisson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in actual South African ostrich farming regions, using local non-professional actors alongside Leoni.
The ostrich was played by three different birds and one animatronic; one bird tried to eat Téa Leoni's wig.
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