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The Book of Birdie

2017·Fantasy·1h 30m
7.1
★
When, Birdie, fragile teenager with an overactive imagination is placed in an isolated Midwestern convent on the brink of closure, her strange and in some cases grotesque obsessions begin to consume her attention. Outside life beckons when she meets Julia, the confident, spirited maintenance girl, inspiring a growing infatuation. But privately, Birdie can’t turn away from her fascination with the gory and whimsical hallucinations that plague her. Birdie sets off on her spiritual quest to discover if the source of her visions is something saintly or a dark heresy. The convent itself holds ghosts of nuns who’ve met untimely deaths. Are they calling Birdie to the same fate?
Directed by Elizabeth E. Schuch
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Ilirida Memedovski
Ilirida Memedovski
Birdie
Suzan Crowley
Suzan Crowley
Mother Superior

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4 reviews
Noah J
Noah J
6.0★ · 10/29/25
The Book of Birdie
great movie.
great movie.
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jamblo
jamblo
8.0★ · 05/09/22
The Book of Birdie
It’s got it all: a creepy dead nun at the bottom of a stairwell, a cheerful dead nun hanging from a tree, and some living nuns who are caring, snarky, or suspicious, you know, depending.
There’s blood, quite a lot actually, but it is almost entirely menstrual and the film does not handle it as an element of capital H ‘horror,’ rather as an element of bewildering curiosity by its 13-ish year old protagonist.
There are some nifty animated sequences and some glittering (literally) dream/fantasy sequences.
It’s got religious icons dressed as comic book characters.
And it has a wide-eyed lead performance from Ilidira Memedovski that not only has to carry all this, but does, and very ably.
It all looks absolutely beautiful; I just wish I knew a bit more about liturgy.
It’s got it all: a creepy dead nun at the bottom of a stairwell, a cheerful dead nun hanging from a tree, and some living nuns who are caring, snarky, or suspicious, you know, depending.
There’s blood, quite a lot actually, but it is almost entirely menstrual and the film does not handle it as an element of capital H ‘horror,’ rather as an element of bewildering curiosity by its 13-ish year old protagonist.
There are some nifty animated sequences and some glittering (literally) dream/fantasy sequences.
It’s got religious icons dressed as comic book characters.
And it has a wide-eyed lead performance from Ilidira Memedovski that not only has to carry all this, but does, and very ably.
It all looks absolutely beautiful; I just wish I knew a bit more about liturgy.
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Brooke
Brooke
8.0★ · 01/22/26
The Book of Birdie
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Jesse Moynan
Jesse Moynan
4.5★ · 02/28/09
The Book of Birdie
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