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Catherine Called Birdy

A 14 year old girl in medieval England navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind.

Director

Lena Dunham

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Production

Working Title Films,Good Thing Going Productions,Amazon Studios

Awards

2 wins & 10 nominations

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B52CMR37

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I'm still actually quite upset about that. - Catherine Called Birdy

I'm still actually quite upset about that.

My truest passions
are avoiding my chores... - Catherine Called Birdy

My truest passions are avoiding my chores...

...critiquing my father's
horrible swordplay... - Catherine Called Birdy

...critiquing my father's horrible swordplay...

...disrupting cottage raisings... - Catherine Called Birdy

...disrupting cottage raisings...

...and listening through doors
I should not listen through. - Catherine Called Birdy

...and listening through doors I should not listen through.

In essence, my lord, - Catherine Called Birdy

In essence, my lord,

You have spent profligately
and without censure. - Catherine Called Birdy

You have spent profligately and without censure.

Give me one example of-of an expense - Catherine Called Birdy

Give me one example of-of an expense

The travel was harsh
from Siberia, my lord. - Catherine Called Birdy

The travel was harsh from Siberia, my lord.

- Perhaps some water?
- What, am I to live on - Catherine Called Birdy

- Perhaps some water? - What, am I to live on

If, my lord, you were able to secure - Catherine Called Birdy

If, my lord, you were able to secure

There is an opportunity to relieve
this accumulated debt. - Catherine Called Birdy

There is an opportunity to relieve this accumulated debt.

No, she's disgusting.
She's one step away from... from a leper. - Catherine Called Birdy

No, she's disgusting. She's one step away from... ...

You may not have coins,
but your wife has a title, - Catherine Called Birdy

You may not have coins, but your wife has a title,

There are plenty of men foolish enough - Catherine Called Birdy

There are plenty of men foolish enough

No, surely, there must be
another way, yes? - Catherine Called Birdy

No, surely, there must be another way, yes?

Something is astir. - Catherine Called Birdy

Something is astir.

I can feel my father's eyes
following me wherever I go. - Catherine Called Birdy

I can feel my father's eyes following me wherever I go.

I am surprised he's not asked
to examine my hooves. - Catherine Called Birdy

I am surprised he's not asked to examine my hooves.

What color's your hair when it's clean? - Catherine Called Birdy

What color's your hair when it's clean?

You can go and see your little
goat friend, uh... - Catherine Called Birdy

You can go and see your little goat friend, uh...

What is brewing here? - Catherine Called Birdy

What is brewing here?

What's Perkin told you now, Goosey? - Catherine Called Birdy

What's Perkin told you now, Goosey?

I must say my goodbyes
and get on with good humor. - Catherine Called Birdy

I must say my goodbyes and get on with good humor.

And my Bible to my brother Edward, - Catherine Called Birdy

And my Bible to my brother Edward,

Oh, for the love of a god greater than I. - Catherine Called Birdy

Oh, for the love of a god greater than I.

So you will do your duty
to bear your husband children. - Catherine Called Birdy

So you will do your duty to bear your husband children.

I shall steal a suit of armor
and become a knight and take... - Catherine Called Birdy

I shall steal a suit of armor and become a knight and take.....

Dress as a knight or dress as a lady,
the blood will come. - Catherine Called Birdy

Dress as a knight or dress as a lady, the blood will come.

Rag gets wrapped round hand. - Catherine Called Birdy

Rag gets wrapped round hand.

That is a nice wee pad
that sits in your pants. - Catherine Called Birdy

That is a nice wee pad that sits in your pants.

Up between your legs,
and then that's gonna get all the blood - Catherine Called Birdy

Up between your legs, and then that's gonna get all the...

We'll get some mint, - Catherine Called Birdy

We'll get some mint,

Dandelion...
But not the flower, obviously... - Catherine Called Birdy

Dandelion... But not the flower, obviously...

What's he up to now,
dressing up farm animals? - Catherine Called Birdy

What's he up to now, dressing up farm animals?

A lamb should be dressed in mint sauce not a hat - Catherine Called Birdy

A lamb should be dressed in mint sauce not a hat

All those herbs that we picked, - Catherine Called Birdy

All those herbs that we picked,

And take a sip, and the pain will be gone. - Catherine Called Birdy

And take a sip, and the pain will be gone.

Knocking is, uh...
is customary, uh, Birdy, - Catherine Called Birdy

Knocking is, uh... is customary, uh, Birdy,

Public... I've never been
to a public house. Mama, he lies. - Catherine Called Birdy

Public... I've never been to a public house. Mama, he l...

Although I did see you in the, uh,
public house the other night, didn't I? - Catherine Called Birdy

Although I did see you in the, uh, public house the other ni...

Um, swearing and drinking ale,
getting into fights with peasants? - Catherine Called Birdy

Um, swearing and drinking ale, getting into fights with peas...

Maybe now is not a good time. - Catherine Called Birdy

Maybe now is not a good time.

And anyhow, the Sidebottoms arrive today. - Catherine Called Birdy

And anyhow, the Sidebottoms arrive today.

Come and rest with your weary mother. - Catherine Called Birdy

Come and rest with your weary mother.

So nice to have you here, my darling. - Catherine Called Birdy

So nice to have you here, my darling.

I'm always so tired. - Catherine Called Birdy

I'm always so tired.

Today, Aelis comes. - Catherine Called Birdy

Today, Aelis comes.

Slowly, slowly… - Catherine Called Birdy

Slowly, slowly…

And when I see her face,
I hear birds and whistles. - Catherine Called Birdy

And when I see her face, I hear birds and whistles.

- Birdy, your hair's got so long.
- I know. - Catherine Called Birdy

- Birdy, your hair's got so long. - I know.

You must give me some kind of warning, - Catherine Called Birdy

You must give me some kind of warning,

We have already had, uh,
five or six marriage proposals, - Catherine Called Birdy

We have already had, uh, five or six marriage proposals,

But I don't care if they are poets. - Catherine Called Birdy

But I don't care if they are poets.

I care if they can pay
for my daughter in... - Catherine Called Birdy

I care if they can pay for my daughter in...

In gold brick. - Catherine Called Birdy

But there's nothing to eat at our manor, - Catherine Called Birdy

But there's nothing to eat at our manor,

Well, he said that he and my stepmother - Catherine Called Birdy

Well, he said that he and my stepmother

Oh. I do not give a goat's ass
what you spoil, Aelis. - Catherine Called Birdy

Oh. I do not give a goat's ass what you spoil, Aelis.

Never again leave a convivial grouping
when I'm speaking. - Catherine Called Birdy

Never again leave a convivial grouping when I'm speakin...

I... I was about to make
a point of great importance. - Catherine Called Birdy

I... I was about to make a point of great importance.

Well, I go where I want, - Catherine Called Birdy

Well, I go where I want,

She's been writing the most tragic poetry. - Catherine Called Birdy

She's been writing the most tragic poetry.

Do you know my stepmother was brought
to our manor from Gascony? - Catherine Called Birdy

Do you know my stepmother was brought to our manor from Gasc...

- First by boat, then by carriage.
- Mm-hmm. - Catherine Called Birdy

- First by boat, then by carriage. - Mm-hmm.

He sent away for a wife
the day after my mother died. - Catherine Called Birdy

He sent away for a wife the day after my mother died.

Men are horribly duplicitous creatures. - Catherine Called Birdy

Men are horribly duplicitous creatures.

We'll, uh, steal a knight's armor
or a monk's robes or... - Catherine Called Birdy

We'll, uh, steal a knight's armor or a monk's...

As the time approaches when we must wed, - Catherine Called Birdy

As the time approaches when we must wed,

Sister Cornethia attempts to make me - Catherine Called Birdy

Sister Cornethia attempts to make me

But she will find she has no easy job. - Catherine Called Birdy

But she will find she has no easy job.

I will never get used
to babies coming dead. - Catherine Called Birdy

I will never get used to babies coming dead.

Ooh-la-la. - Catherine Called Birdy

How was I to know that comely young women
are a spiritual danger to monks? - Catherine Called Birdy

How was I to know that comely young women are a spiritual da...

You are no danger to anyone but yourself. - Catherine Called Birdy

You are no danger to anyone but yourself.

Do you know what I find even worse
than the pain she bears? - Catherine Called Birdy

Do you know what I find even worse than the pain she bears?

It's the fact that
she must worry about us always. - Catherine Called Birdy

It's the fact that she must worry about us always.

Perhaps a sacred sword used
to slay a pagan. - Catherine Called Birdy

Perhaps a sacred sword used to slay a pagan.

Everybody lets boys do everything. - Catherine Called Birdy

Everybody lets boys do everything.

I write in my diary every day
and read the Bible over and over again. - Catherine Called Birdy

I write in my diary every day and read the Bible over and ov...

Well, now that I've captured
your attention, - Catherine Called Birdy

Well, now that I've captured your attention,

Promise me you shall read, - Catherine Called Birdy

Promise me you shall read,

Knowing your own story will be your salvation - Catherine Called Birdy

Knowing your own story will be your salvation

Well, for starters, I believe saints
help their nursemaids with the washing. - Catherine Called Birdy

Well, for starters, I believe saints help their nursemaids w...

Why does Edward want me to read this book - Catherine Called Birdy

Why does Edward want me to read this book

I'm also going to sleep
with a comb beneath my back, - Catherine Called Birdy

I'm also going to sleep with a comb beneath my back,

You'll meet a dagger
if you don't put your bloody shoes on. - Catherine Called Birdy

You'll meet a dagger if you don't put your bloody ...

I cannot believe I must bear this
with good humor month after month. - Catherine Called Birdy

I cannot believe I must bear this with good humor month afte...

Rollo, why did you not tell me
we have naught to spend? - Catherine Called Birdy

Rollo, why did you not tell me we have naught to spend?

I want only to be your partner,
to stand beside you as lady of this manor. - Catherine Called Birdy

I want only to be your partner, to stand beside you as lady ...

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A 14 year old girl in medieval England navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind.

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Director: Lena Dunham

Writer: Lena Dunham, Karen Cushman

Production: Working Title Films,Good Thing Going Productions,Amazon Studios

Genre: adventure

Year: 2022

MetaScore: 74/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 07 Oct 2022

Awards: 2 wins & 10 nominations

Homepage: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B52CMR37