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Catherine Called Birdy

A coming-of-age story set in medieval England, focusing on a young girl named Birdy who rebels against societal expectations and her father's plans to marry her off for financial gain.

Starring:
  • Bella Ramsey
  • Lesley Sharp
  • Sophie Okonedo
  • Joe Alwyn
  • Billie Piper
  • Andrew Scott
Directed By:
  • Lena Dunham
Screenplay By:
  • Lena Dunham
Based on the book by Karen Cushman.

“It isn’t a story about a teenage warrior, it isn’t a story about a forbidden teenage romance. She doesn’t have magical powers. It doesn’t fall into [those] tropes. She really is just a complicated, tough—at times doing challenging and unlikable things—young woman.”

— Lena Dunham, Director

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