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Penguin Bloom (2020)

Penguin Bloom poster
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
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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)

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