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Owl and the Sparrow is a beautifully com posed romance from Vietnam.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Overview
In modern-day Saigon, three lonely strangers form a unique family as a ten-year old orphan plays matchmaker to a zookeeper and a beautiful flight attendant.
Director and cast
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By taking a fairly unromantic approach to the standard strangers-meet-in-a-cold-world premise, writer-director Stephane Gauger crafts a lovely, lovelorn fable.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Fresh
Stephane Gauger's debut feature, Owl and the Sparrow, is a charming little movie, nothing more.
Nathan Lee, New York Times
Fresh
Sentimental without being cloying, the film is a charmer, just like the gravely wide-eyed Pham.
Maitland McDonagh, Time Out New York
Fresh
Owl and the Sparrow is yet one more film that preaches the importance of opening your heart and reaching out to those around you, but that treacly sentiment is nicely undercut by the unvarnished naturalness of the actors.
Tim Grierson, Village Voice
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