Taking man's inhumanity to man as its central theme, 'Au Hasard Balthazar' traces the life of a donkey, christened Balthazar by a group of young children, from birth to death. Balthazar's story begins on a small farm in a rural district of France. Throughout his life he is owned by many of the locals, returning to some of them more than once, and is set various tasks, from drawing a carriage to performing in a circus, turning a grindstone to acting as a smuggler's means of transport. Some owners
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FLY AWAY HOME (1996)
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When Amy is sent to live with the dad she's not seen for 9 years, she's unimpressed by his eccentricity, not to mention his new girl friend. But when Amy's adopted by a gaggle of orphaned goslings who must somehow learn to fly, her father's flying machine is their only hope. Beautiful, magical adventure.
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THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL (2003)
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Old homeless San Francisco hippy finds fame, but not fortune, by establishing relationships with Mingus, Connor, Sophie, Picasso and the rest of a flock of feral parrots. In so doing he brings not just them and their varying relationships, but urban, and all animals generally, including us, into focus. And aren't those colours just awesome? Parrots - my hearties!
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