If you like San Francisco, love animals, particularly Psittaciform birds, i.e. parrots, conures, budgies, macaws, cockatoos, galahs, etc., this is a MUST SEE MOVIE! If you ever loved your pets or companion animals, this movie will touch you.
The storyline is bittersweet. Mark Bittner is a latter day Saint Francis, the patron saint of this picturesque town, living off the largesse of others as Francis of Assisi did. Some scenery is gorgeous with stunning vistas of San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz and dazzling closeups of birds and flowers. Other scenes show the mundane and quaint close up views that residents encounter every day. This gentle story unfolds gradually, as if you're there in person and not seeing it through a camera lens.
WARNING! No graphic sex, gratuitous violence, or car chases take place. This movie is less scary than Bambi is for the bambini! (Bambi frightened me at age 4!)
Seek "Wild Parrots" out, since it's in very limited release. Or ask your local art house to get it! I'd see it again and buy it if it ever comes out on DVD. It was truly worth it!
The storyline is bittersweet. Mark Bittner is a latter day Saint Francis, the patron saint of this picturesque town, living off the largesse of others as Francis of Assisi did. Some scenery is gorgeous with stunning vistas of San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz and dazzling closeups of birds and flowers. Other scenes show the mundane and quaint close up views that residents encounter every day. This gentle story unfolds gradually, as if you're there in person and not seeing it through a camera lens.
WARNING! No graphic sex, gratuitous violence, or car chases take place. This movie is less scary than Bambi is for the bambini! (Bambi frightened me at age 4!)
Seek "Wild Parrots" out, since it's in very limited release. Or ask your local art house to get it! I'd see it again and buy it if it ever comes out on DVD. It was truly worth it!