First trailer for Lena Dunham's medieval film "Catherine Called Birdy"

"You have wings - you have to learn how to use them." Amazon Prime Video has revealed a trailer for a movie titled Catherine Called Birdy, which is making it Lena Dunham's second new independent film released this year. She premiered Sharp Stick at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in January (it's in theaters now - watch the trailer) and now Catherine Called Birdy, also written and directed by Dunham, will premiere at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival this fall before opening in select theaters soon after. This one takes place in the distant past - in the year 1290, to be exact. A 14-year-old girl in medieval England navigates life and avoids the potential suitors her father has in mind. It's another empowering feminist tale from a young woman where "her imagination, her defiance and her deep belief in her own right to independence put her on a collision course with her parents." And she will defeat them, I'm sure! Young actress Bella Ramsey plays the titular Birdy, with a fun cast including Andrew Scott, Billie Piper, Joe Alwyn, Dean-Charles Chapman and Ralph Ineson. Well, I'll be damned, this looks pretty good! Looks better than I expected - bring it.

Here is the official trailer (+ poster) for Catherine Called Birdy by Lena Dunham, direct from YouTube:

Year? 1290. In the medieval English village of Stonebridge, Lady Catherine (known as Birdy) is the youngest child of Lord Rollo and Lady Aislinn. His playground is Stonebridge Manor, a home that, like the family, has seen better days. Financially destitute and utterly greedy, Rollo sees his daughter as his way out of financial ruin by marrying her off to a wealthy man for money and land. But Birdy, like all great teenage heroines, is feisty, smart and adventurous – and ready to fend off any suitor who comes calling in increasingly resourceful ways. Her imagination, defiance, and deep belief in her own right to independence put her on a collision course with her parents. When the vilest suitor of them all arrives, they face the ultimate test of love for their daughter. Catherine Called Birdy is both written and directed by actress/screenwriter /American filmmaker Lena Dunham, director of the independent films Creative Nonfiction, Tiny Furniture and this year's Sharp Stick before, as well as the series " Girls" on HBO and "Industry". Based on the novel of the same name by Karen Cushman. It's premiering at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival this fall. Amazon will then launch Dunham's Catherine Called Birdy in select US theaters on September 23, 2022, then on Prime Video streaming starting October 7 this fall. Interested?

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