![]() The story reminds me of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew in some ways. The story is based on an award-winning children’s book by the same name written by Karen Cushman and published in 1994. I was pleasantly surprised by Catherine Called Birdy and enjoyed the film much more than I thought I would. Lord Rollo isn’t the best money manager, so he reluctantly decides to find a husband for his daughter so that the money from the dowry can be used to invest not only in the family but to save the community. Unfortunately, the last six pregnancies were miscarriages. ![]() Birdy’s parents Lord Rollo (Andrew Scott, Fleabag) and Lady Aislinn (Billie Piper, Penny Dreadful) are head over heels in love and can’t keep their hands off one another, which means Lady Aislinn is continuously pregnant. This scene was one of my many favorites in this strikingly optimistic film. Dunham does a lovely job introducing what women went through in the thirteenth century to the audience at the beginning when Morwenna (Lesley Sharp, Scott and Bailey), Birdy’s nanny, gives her a tutorial on how to make sanitary napkins and medicinal tea for the cramps. ![]() ![]() The plot thickens when Birdy gets her first period. Birdy has endeared herself to the entire community with her sunshiny spirit, which made everyone in the village love this precocious girl. ![]()
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