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Release Date:
January 30, 2017
Original Title:
The Book of Birdie
Alternate Titles:
Cartea lui Birdie
Genres:
Fantasy | Horror
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
When, Birdie, fragile teenager with an overactive imagination is placed in an isolated Midwestern convent on the brink of closure, her strange and in some cases grotesque obsessions begin to consume her attention. Outside life beckons when she meets Julia, the confident, spirited maintenance girl, inspiring a growing infatuation. But privately, Birdie can’t turn away from her fascination with the gory and whimsical hallucinations that plague her. Birdie sets off on her spiritual quest to discover if the source of her visions is something saintly or a dark heresy. The convent itself holds ghosts of nuns who’ve met untimely deaths. Are they calling Birdie to the same fate?
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Assistant Production Coordinator:
Patrizia Stiegler
Associate Producer:
Mili Cumic
João Pedro Fleck
Co-Producer:
Andy Thompson
Consulting Producer:
Katie Camosy
Director:
Elizabeth E. Schuch
Producer:
Konstantinos Koutsoliotas
Screenplay:
Anami Tara Shucart
Elizabeth E. Schuch
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