Birdy is an american movie made by Alan Parker in 1984.
The main characters are Birdy played by Matthew Modine, and his friend, Al, played by the famous Nicolas Cage.
In fact, I watched this movie one hour ago and I want to write an article about it because it was a real slap for me.
It’s the story of two young friends, Al and Birdy. Birdy is mad about birds and he dreams of the possibility of flying : it’s the only thing he likes. However, the two men have to go to the Vietnam war and they come back totally differents : Al is disfigured and Birdy stays in a hospital, alone, looking at the window without speaking and dreaming, he wants to run away and fly. Al is very sad when he sees his friend like that, and he wants to help him.
This movie is very touching, we can see the relationship of these two characters who are very close. It is also tortured and destabilizing, I think it’s a real masterpiece.
You should watch it, I know it’s not an easy movie, and it’s not the kind of movie we can watch during an evening with our family but it is a very good film.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE! It make me feel completely ill at ease and like prisonner of my own body. I just regret the cliché view of psychiatric hospital, so American!
This film is really touching and also poetic. The story is an hymn to friendship and to the difference.
I don’t like Nicolas Cage, but this movie seems interesting. This is not an easy film is what makes it difficult to watch. I don’t know if it was a great success (which does not affect its quality).
You know Simon, there are not much cinema lovers and the best movies are not very famous… It’s the same for music for example…
This movie is so great! I saw he had won the « Grand prix » at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985 and i think he totally deserved his award.