London Birds Can't Fly
London Birds... evokes the shifting mental states of a streetwise, 15 year old girl. The film explores the impact of her surprise sexual awakening: a moment of rejection that's bad enough to make her run and keep running.
London Birds... evokes the shifting mental states of a streetwise, 15 year old girl. The film explores the impact of her surprise sexual awakening: a moment of rejection that's bad enough to make her run and keep running.
London Birds... evokes the shifting mental states of a streetwise, 15 year old girl. The film explores the impact of her surprise sexual awakening: a moment of rejection that's bad enough to make her run and keep running.
Set in the Clapham district of south London, England, the film is inspired by true events. The paths of several men intersect during a dramatic thirty-six hours in which their lives are changed forever.
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