Andrea Arnold was last in Cannes with Cow in 2021, a documentary about a bovine’s pitiful existence on a farm from birth to death.
Her new film, Bird, might switch animal classifications — and return her to narrative features about human beings — but there’s connective tissue between the two.
Once more, Arnold is perfecting her meandering journey through marginalized existences. This time, we’re in Gravesend, in Kent, a estuary town east of London, in the dying days of summer, when the grass has yellowed but the sweaty heat hasn’t quite abated.
Bailey (Nykiya Adams) is a 12-year-old mixed-race girl who is old beyond her years, as everyone in her chaotic community seems to be.
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