![]() In the spring of 2020, production was about to begin on the project when the pandemic hit. ![]() Written and directed by Lena Dunham, the film is out Friday on Amazon Prime Video.ĭunham, perhaps best known for her dramedy TV series Girls, obtained the rights to Catherine, Called Birdy from the book’s author, Karen Cushman, almost a decade ago. And now Catherine-like Jo, Matilda, and Hermione before her-has made the leap from the pages of a novel to the silver screen in Catherine, Called Birdy, an adaptation of the 1994 novel of the same name. Birdy, in a longsleeve blue dress, grabs fistfuls of mud at a village cottage raisingīella Ramsey stars in 'Catherine Called Birdy' Credit - Alex Bailey-Prime VideoĬatherine-called Little Bird or Birdy, daughter of Rollo and the lady Aislinn, sister to Edward and the abominable Robert, of the village of Stonebridge in the shire of Lincoln, in the country of England, in the hands of God-ranks right up there with heroines of pop culture known for their stubbornness and strength: Jo March ( Little Women), Matilda ( Matilda), and Hermione Granger ( Harry Potter), to name a few. ![]()
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