Tito and the Birds
Some parts of the film have an intentionally distorted ugliness to them, but so much more of it is just absolutely mesmerizing.
Tito and the Birds
Tito is a shy 10-year-old boy who lives with his mother. Suddenly, an unusual epidemic starts to spread, making people sick whenever they get scared. Tito quickly discovers that the cure is somehow related to his missing father’s research on bird song. He embarks on a journey with his friends to save the world from the epidemic. Tito’s search for the antidote becomes a quest for his missing father and for his own identity.
Genre
Animated,
Adventure
Runtime
73
Language
Portuguese
Director
Gabriel Bitar,
Gustavo Steinberg
FEATURED REVIEW
Guy Lodge, Variety
As Brazil falls heedlessly into far-right political clutches, the liberal message of Gustavo Steinberg, Gabriel Bitar and André Catoto’s ravishing animated feature “Tito and the Birds” turns out to be more unhappily timely than its makers would have hoped: Put simply, a society gripped by fear will ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 12.07.18 - 12.13.18
Glendale 2.01.19 - 2.07.19
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