The Bird (L'oiseau)

A Ces Films du Losange relieve a Blue Monday Prods., Arte France Cinema production, in colaboration with Canal Plus, Arte France, Cinecinema. (Worldwide sales: Ces Films du Losange, Paris.) Produced by Bertrand Gore. Directed, put together by Yves Caumon.With: Sandrine Kiberlain, Bruno Todeschini, Clement Sibony, Serge Riaboukine, Alice Belaidi. (French, The the spanish language language, Romanian dialogue)A grieving Bordeaux kitchen worker favors solitude over empathy in French drama "The Bird," though an surprise avian caller seems to own missed the memo. Latest gently observational feature from scribe-helmer Yves Caumon ("Peekaboo," "Boyhood Loves") is his first getting a femme protag, and spindly star Sandrine Kiberlain ("The Women round the Sixth Floor") impresses becoming an earthy lady who just should be alone for a while, pigeons be damned. Though not idiosyncratic enough for wider breakout, fests, trendy satcasters and Francophone areas will allowed this to "Bird" fly. Charming and enigmatic in equal measures, anything-but-loquacious Anne (Kiberlain) is attacked having a handsome friend (Clement Sibony), though she's not interested -- no less than, not now. It progressively emerges, through small products of narrative shrapnel one of the deliberately quiet, normal existence she leads, that she's very easily racking your brains on what direction to go next following a dying of her boy and her separation from her husband (Bruno Todeschini). The divorce was possibly triggered by their opposing techniques for mourning, though Caumon's m.o. offers only clues, not certainties. Lensing is atmospheric, score spare but soulful, and appear design especially significant.Camera (color, HD), Celine Bozon editor, Sylvie Fauthoux music, Thierry Machuel production designer, Sophie Reynaud costume designer, Marie Le Garrec. Examined at Venice Film Festival (Horizons), Sept. 8, 2011. Running time: 91 MIN. Contact Boyd van Hoeij at news@variety.com