Penguin Bloom (2020)

Directed by

Glendyn Ivin

Genre

drama film

Country

Australia, United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 343 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family in Australia takes in an injured magpie they name Penguin. The bird helps the mother recover from a life-changing accident.

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What happens

Penguin Bloom is a 2020 Australian drama film directed by Glendyn Ivin, from a screenplay by Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps, and is based on the book of the same name by Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive. It stars Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver. The book and film are based on a true story of Sam and Cameron Bloom's family and their interactions with an Australian magpie named 'Penguin'. It was theatrically released in Australia by Roadshow Films on 21 January 2021 and digitally in the United States by Netflix on 27 January. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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