If you loved Angela's Ashes, try Birdy
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Alan Parker, and they both carry the slow burn mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Angela's Ashes, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Birdy is
You befriend a soldier in a mental hospital, and then his troubled past begins to surface. The director's lens lingers on the fragmented psyche.

