White Bird: A Wonder Story
for some strong violence, thematic material and language.
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| Primary Audience: | Adults Young-Adults Teens |
| Genre: | Coming-of-Age Biography War Drama Adaptation |
| Length: | 2 hr. 0 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2023 |
| USA Release: |
July 30, 2023 (festival) October 4, 2024 |
One act of kindness can live on forever
Heroism, bravery, courage, self-sacrifice
What is true love—a feeling, an emotion, or an action?
Childhood of a young Jewish girl in Nazi-occupied France during World War II
Being hidden from German troops in a barn for more than year
Deep, close friendship between a girl and boy
Boy living with polio lameness
The Holocaust
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| Featuring |
Gillian Anderson … Vivienne Helen Mirren … Grandmère Bryce Gheisar … Julian Albans Olivia Ross … Rose Blum, Sara’s mother Stuart McQuarrie … Pastor Luc Patsy Ferran … Mlle Petitjean, Sara and Julien's teacher Jo Stone-Fewings … Jean Paul Beaumier, Julien’s father See all » |
| Director |
Marc Forster — “The Kite Runner” (2007), “Finding Neverland” (2004), “A Man Called Otto” (2022), “Machine Gun Preacher” (2011) |
| Producer |
David Hoberman Todd Lieberman See all » |
| Distributor |
 Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.) |
“Kindness lives forever.”
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “Based on the book by the best-selling author of Wonder, this uplifting movie shows how one act of kindness can live on forever
In R.J. Palacio’s bestselling collection of stories Auggie and Me, which expands on characters in Wonder, readers were introduced to Julian’s grandmother, Grandmère. Here, Palacio makes her graphic novel debut with Grandmère’s heartrending story: how she, a young Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II; how the boy she and her classmates once shunned became her savior and best friend.”
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