MOVIE | 1h 20m | Open in IMDB | | / rating? (0)
Drama | About two working class boys. One, nicknamed Birdy, is a quirky nonconformist with almost no social skills-or really almost no interest in the kind of socializing his peers are learning-and an extreme fascination, indeed obsession, with birds. The other, Al, is a tough Sicilian kid, brutally beaten by his father any time he gets out of line-which is often, indicating that extreme corporal punishment may not be such an effective child-raising technique-and interested in girls, sports, working out, making money, and conventional stuff like that, though deeper intellectually and more sensitive than you might picture someone of that description.