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Caged birds cannot fly

France, 2000
film

Four vignettes - clay/model animation. An hilarious series of short stories take us right inside caged bird society.

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Beak out

Australia, 1998
Similarity: 74%

Flying birds

United States, 1973
Similarity: 73%

Feathers and Fools

Australia, 1988
Similarity: 72%

Living tomorrow. No. 127

United Kingdom, 1973
Similarity: 71%

The Cage (TEFC)

United States, 1975
Similarity: 71%

Birds of a feather

United States, 1972
Similarity: 71%

The Naughty owlet

Hungary, 1971
Similarity: 71%

The Birds [DVD]

United States, 1963
Similarity: 71%

Mr Koumal flies like a bird

Czechoslovakia, 1963
Similarity: 71%

Travelling birds = Winged migration = Le Peuple Migrateur

France, 2001
Similarity: 71%

The Bird fancier = L'Homme aux oiseaux

Canada, 1955
Similarity: 71%

The Icarus wish

United States, 1971
Similarity: 71%

The Living bird

United States, 1954
Similarity: 71%

Free as the birds

Poland, 1955
Similarity: 70%

If trees can fly

United States, 1975
Similarity: 70%

Blackbird family

Germany, 1970
Similarity: 70%

The Albatross

Australia, 1997
Similarity: 70%

Birdy

United States, 1984
Similarity: 69%
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