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In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.
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Gregg Araki
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Title: White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
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4 nominations.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Shailene Woodley | ... | Kat Connors | |
| Eva Green | ... | Eve Connors | |
| Christopher Meloni | ... | Brock Connors | |
| Shiloh Fernandez | ... | Phil | |
| Angela Bassett | ... | Dr. Thaler | |
| Gabourey Sidibe | ... | Beth | |
| Ava Acres | ... | Kat age 8 | |
| Thomas Jane | ... | Detective Scieziesciez | |
| Mark Indelicato | ... | Mickey | |
| Dale Dickey | ... | Mrs. Hillman | |
| Sheryl Lee | ... | May | |
| Michael Patrick McGill | ... | Aaron | |
| Jill Johnson | ... | Secretary | |
| Jacob Artist | ... | Oliver | |
| Brenda Koo | ... | Cindy | |
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Kat Connors is 17 years old when her seemingly perfect homemaker mother, Eve, disappears in 1988. Having lived for so long in an emotionally repressed household, she barely registers her mother's absence and certainly doesn't blame her doormat of a father, Brock, for the loss. But as time passes, Kat begins to come to grips with how deeply Eve's disappearance has affected her. Returning home on a break from college, she finds herself confronted with the truth about her mother's departure, and her own denial about the events surrounding it... Written by Anonymous
Plot Keywords:
teenage girl | missing person | mysterious disappearance | mother daughter relationship | female nudity |Taglines:
I was 17 when my mother disappeared...Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for sexual content/nudity, language and some drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Mickey: That is the understatement of century.
Kat Connor: That's what I kind of like about him, you know. He's just simple. I know it sounds perverse, but he's kind of like my dad in that way. You scratch the surface, and there's just more surface.
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Written by Michael Derek Allen, Gary Asquith, Mark Alan Cox, Marco Pirroni and Dorothy Max Prior (as Dorothy Prior)
Performed by This Mortal Coil
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Star Shailene Woodley explained to Glamour UK magazine why she decided to take the role knowing it would involve nudity and how she can't understand why other actresses insist on wearing underwear during sex scenes. "I'm totally comfortable with nudity. I'm not sure it empowers me as an actress or anything, but if I'm going to do a movie with sex scenes, then I'm going to be naked, because I don't know about you, but I don't have sex with bras and panties on." See more »Goofs
The plane shown flying Kat to see her father has winglets on the wings. These were not common in the time the movie takes place. See more »Quotes
Kat Connor: I know Phil's not the smartest crayon in the box.Mickey: That is the understatement of century.
Kat Connor: That's what I kind of like about him, you know. He's just simple. I know it sounds perverse, but he's kind of like my dad in that way. You scratch the surface, and there's just more surface.
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Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Shailene Woodley/Michael Shannon/Eric Church (2014) See more »Soundtracks
Fond AffectionsWritten by Michael Derek Allen, Gary Asquith, Mark Alan Cox, Marco Pirroni and Dorothy Max Prior (as Dorothy Prior)
Performed by This Mortal Coil
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 September 2014 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
White Bird in a Blizzard See more »Filming Locations:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$6,302, 26 October 2014Gross USA:
$33,821Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$469,701Company Credits
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This movie starts off slowly. It is in the perspective of a gorgeous teenager who is solely concerned with her boyfriend. When her mom goes missing, she assumes that her mom kept her promise to leave her dad. As she recaps the relationship between her parents, the viewer is compelled to feel sorry for the wimpy father and agree with the teen's apathy towards her aggressive mother. In utter dismissal of her mom's abandonment, the teenager tries to focus on her boyfriend's reduced sexual interest. However, her intuition about her mother's disappearance keeps alerting her through inexplicable dreams. Then, when the teenager becomes an adult, things get GOOD! At the end, I realized that I really underestimated this movie. I had no idea this movie was going to be this good. I am glad I watched it and I want to see it again in order to catch some clues that I may have missed. The plot twist at the end REALLY caught me off-guard and I am still wondering if there was some hint throughout the movie that I missed. If anyone catches the hints, be sure to post them as spoilers.