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Andrea Arnold Says Her New Film ‘Bird’ Started With the Vision of a ‘Tall, Thin Man With a Long Penis Standing on a Roof’
Andrea Arnold says her initial visual inspiration for Cannes entry 'Bird' was the vision of a 'tall, thin man with a long penis standing on a roof.'
From this bizarre starting point, Arnold crafted a social realist drama about a family on the fringes of society living by British seaside and an unexpected visitor who becomes close to a young girl entering puberty. Written and directed by Arnold, the film sees the director return to the social realist, kitchen sink world of her dramas “Red Road” and “Fish Tank” (both of them Cannes jury prize winners). In a performance like little else of his career so far, Keoghan plays Bug, a tattoo-covered young father struggling to devote much time to his two children, including his lonely and confused 12-year-old daughter Bailey (Nykiya Adams).
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