EFF: Funny Birds

Au fil des saisons

Australian Premiere

In this warm and delightful comedy centred by the irrepressible French icon Catherine Deneuve (Belle de Jour, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 8 Women), three generations of women find commonality in their radically different ways of living.

Charlie, a student, returns to the family farm in Virginia to help her ailing mother Laura (Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough). They have contrasting visions of life: Charlie studies finance while Laura manages a chicken farm. When Laura's estranged mother Solange (Deneuve), an eccentric French feminist who left America when her daughter was still a child, suddenly arrives at the farm, these three women who seem to have nothing in common are forced to learn to live peacefully together.

The grande dame of French cinema, Deneuve brings a warm and playful anarchy to her role as the proverbial cat amongst the pigeons. Alongside Riseborough and Morgan Saylor, we watch as these three generations of women navigate the moving and amusing tragicomedy of life.

Rating

Unclassified 18+

Duration

97 min

Country

France, Belgium

Language

English

Director

Marco La Via,Hanna Ladoul