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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

Homepage

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

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Children, please,
let us leave behind our childhood teasing - Catherine Called Birdy

Children, please, let us leave behind our childhood teasing

I, uh, have word from Gloucestershire. - Catherine Called Birdy

I, uh, have word from Gloucestershire.

"Fever. Oh, Little Bird, - Catherine Called Birdy

"Fever. Oh, Little Bird,

You did well to not lose hope that you
might find your own love, my chick-a-loo. - Catherine Called Birdy

You did well to not lose hope that you might find your own l...

Birdy, your brother
has long harbored hopes - Catherine Called Birdy

Birdy, your brother has long harbored hopes

Really like Jesus, 'cause sh...
'cause she-she would sacrifice anything. - Catherine Called Birdy

Really like Jesus, 'cause sh... 'cause she-she wou...

And I... I mean,
I would be so happy if-if, - Catherine Called Birdy

And I... I mean, I would be so happy if-if,

And I-I would consider myself a man - Catherine Called Birdy

And I-I would consider myself a man

Well, I guess I don't know everything. - Catherine Called Birdy

Well, I guess I don't know everything.

It is a good day, for I head to Aelis's - Catherine Called Birdy

It is a good day, for I head to Aelis's

- Why are you crying?
- Young Catherine, - Catherine Called Birdy

- Why are you crying? - Young Catherine,

There do seem to be
a lot of raised voices. - Catherine Called Birdy

There do seem to be a lot of raised voices.

I always say,
"Talk like butter, not knives." - Catherine Called Birdy

I always say, "Talk like butter, not knives."

My daughter is a virgin, - Catherine Called Birdy

My daughter is a virgin,

You don't get to decide who we are,
where we go - Catherine Called Birdy

You don't get to decide who we are, where we go

And we can think and we can hear
and we can feel! - Catherine Called Birdy

And we can think and we can hear and we can feel!

A young girl's master merely changes
from father to husband. - Catherine Called Birdy

A young girl's master merely changes from father to hus...

I'm sorry, Aelis. - Catherine Called Birdy

I'm sorry, Aelis.

You, get inside.
Get inside and straight to your room. - Catherine Called Birdy

You, get inside. Get inside and straight to your room.

I am all out of tricks, it seems. - Catherine Called Birdy

I am all out of tricks, it seems.

I have convinced Golden Tiger
to give me his clothes - Catherine Called Birdy

I have convinced Golden Tiger to give me his clothes

Uncle George is a hero, - Catherine Called Birdy

Uncle George is a hero,

No, Uncle George, it is I, Catherine. - Catherine Called Birdy

No, Uncle George, it is I, Catherine.

I tasted my first orange upon my father's
return from the Moorish country. - Catherine Called Birdy

I tasted my first orange upon my father's return from t...

I knew it would be someone of note,
but I did not think that sort of note. - Catherine Called Birdy

I knew it would be someone of note, but I did not think that...

He owns three small towns - Catherine Called Birdy

He owns three small towns

Oh, perhaps you can keep an arboretum. - Catherine Called Birdy

Oh, perhaps you can keep an arboretum.

Ah, but I did not keep a little book
like you do, Bird. - Catherine Called Birdy

Ah, but I did not keep a little book like you do, Bird.

So all the stories have slipped
through my fingers like snow - Catherine Called Birdy

So all the stories have slipped through my fingers like snow

If you're a hero,
then why did you not try and save me? - Catherine Called Birdy

If you're a hero, then why did you not try and save me?

Mm. Maybe. - Catherine Called Birdy

Perhaps... we could run away. - Catherine Called Birdy

Perhaps... we could run away.

Taste the orange straight from the tree. - Catherine Called Birdy

Taste the orange straight from the tree.

- Have you ever met a lion?
- No. - Catherine Called Birdy

- Have you ever met a lion? - No.

You could slay a sultan and take his gold! - Catherine Called Birdy

You could slay a sultan and take his gold!

And I'd miss Perkin, my dearest friend. - Catherine Called Birdy

And I'd miss Perkin, my dearest friend.

Friend? Who needs friends when...
wh-when you have adventure and... - Catherine Called Birdy

Friend? Who needs friends when... wh-when you have adventure...

At least if I was in Lithgow,
I could visit home. - Catherine Called Birdy

At least if I was in Lithgow, I could visit home.

If we went on a big adventure,
I wouldn't be reunited with Aelis, - Catherine Called Birdy

If we went on a big adventure, I wouldn't be reunited w...

They would... they'd miss me, Birdy. - Catherine Called Birdy

They would... they'd miss me, Birdy.

Uncle George next time a peasant raps on your door - Catherine Called Birdy

Uncle George next time a peasant raps on your door

Golden Tiger arrived late last night
wearing your cape, crying. - Catherine Called Birdy

Golden Tiger arrived late last night wearing your cape, cryi...

- Right. Here's the basket.
- Gather your strength yet! - Catherine Called Birdy

- Right. Here's the basket. - Gather your strength yet!

Mama, I promise I'll always be the person
you want me to... you want me to be. - Catherine Called Birdy

Mama, I promise I'll always be the person you want me t...

- Stop it! I can do it!
- Thy kingdom come, thy will be done - Catherine Called Birdy

- Stop it! I can do it! - Thy kingdom come, thy will be done

No! No! Doubters! Doubters! All of you! - Catherine Called Birdy

No! No! Doubters! Doubters! All of you!

Midwife, you will stay, - Catherine Called Birdy

Midwife, you will stay,

Do you hear me?
And I will not lose my holy wife. - Catherine Called Birdy

Do you hear me? And I will not lose my holy wife.

If this is meant to be,
then it's meant to be, - Catherine Called Birdy

If this is meant to be, then it's meant to be,

Can you make sure our children
find their place in this world? - Catherine Called Birdy

Can you make sure our children find their place in this worl...

You're so strong. You're so wise. - Catherine Called Birdy

You're so strong. You're so wise.

You're so grumpy in the mornings. - Catherine Called Birdy

You're so grumpy in the mornings.

You're so... you're so close to God - Catherine Called Birdy

You're so... you're so close to God

And I'm not gonna live in a world
where our children's children - Catherine Called Birdy

And I'm not gonna live in a world where our children�...

Our baby was born last evening. - Catherine Called Birdy

Our baby was born last evening.

We will call them
Eleanor and Mary Catherine. - Catherine Called Birdy

We will call them Eleanor and Mary Catherine.

I feel something changed inside of me. - Catherine Called Birdy

I feel something changed inside of me.

This was as much for Aelis
as it was for my brother. - Catherine Called Birdy

This was as much for Aelis as it was for my brother.

We are having a wedding
for my Aelis and her Robert. - Catherine Called Birdy

We are having a wedding for my Aelis and her Robert.

It may be the last time I ever celebrate,
and so I had better enjoy it. - Catherine Called Birdy

It may be the last time I ever celebrate, and so I had bette...

One more night in my own bed. - Catherine Called Birdy

One more night in my own bed.

Do not cry. Do not cry. - Catherine Called Birdy

Do not cry. Do not cry.

Sometimes, as the man of the house, - Catherine Called Birdy

Sometimes, as the man of the house,

I seem to have come down
with me yearly hay fever. - Catherine Called Birdy

I seem to have come down with me yearly hay fever.

I trust you can prepare a proper poultice
for your lordship. - Catherine Called Birdy

I trust you can prepare a proper poultice for your lordship.

Me health has never been good, Catherine, - Catherine Called Birdy

Me health has never been good, Catherine,

Aye. A regular schedule of cold baths
and requiring that the servants - Catherine Called Birdy

Aye. A regular schedule of cold baths and requiring that the...

My mind has been changed.
The girl stays with us. - Catherine Called Birdy

My mind has been changed. The girl stays with us.

Frankly sir I would burn in hell for allowing my daughter - Catherine Called Birdy

Frankly sir I would burn in hell for allowing my daughter

Sir, you have spent the dowry
that I gave you, - Catherine Called Birdy

Sir, you have spent the dowry that I gave you,

I am walking back up that path
with my own daughter on my own arm. - Catherine Called Birdy

I am walking back up that path with my own daughter on my ow...

If you want Lady Catherine... - Catherine Called Birdy

If you want Lady Catherine...

Am I to believe that
my father plans to fight this man, - Catherine Called Birdy

Am I to believe that my father plans to fight this man,

...his greatest pest from having to marry? - Catherine Called Birdy

...his greatest pest from having to marry?

- Yep.
- And if, by some miracle, you do not die, - Catherine Called Birdy

- Yep. - And if, by some miracle, you do not die,

If this duel is won by I,
Lord Rollo of Stone bridge, - Catherine Called Birdy

If this duel is won by I, Lord Rollo of Stone bridge,

And if it is won by I, Sir Murgaw - Catherine Called Birdy

And if it is won by I, Sir Murgaw

I am too afraid to speak, but if I could, - Catherine Called Birdy

I am too afraid to speak, but if I could,

There is no clause to pause
for spinal weakening, lord. - Catherine Called Birdy

There is no clause to pause for spinal weakening, lord.

Give us back our lady! - Catherine Called Birdy

Give us back our lady!

If I've inherited
a bit of my father's heart, - Catherine Called Birdy

If I've inherited a bit of my father's heart,

I will never fully fathom
what my father did for me. - Catherine Called Birdy

I will never fully fathom what my father did for me.

...but rarely does. - Catherine Called Birdy

...but rarely does.

I wish I could help every girl
in the world, - Catherine Called Birdy

I wish I could help every girl in the world,

And I know he has not granted me a pardon, - Catherine Called Birdy

And I know he has not granted me a pardon,

It is in this field I raged and dreamed
and met Aelis in secret - Catherine Called Birdy

It is in this field I raged and dreamed and met Aelis in sec...

I've been waiting, hoping, - Catherine Called Birdy

I've been waiting, hoping,

Someday this journal
will belong to my sisters. - Catherine Called Birdy

Someday this journal will belong to my sisters.

Things girls can do: - Catherine Called Birdy

Things girls can do:

Let's party like it's 1299! Yay! - Catherine Called Birdy

Let's party like it's 1299! Yay!

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

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

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