Children of the Stork (1999)
1h 20m
Running Time
November 24, 1999Release Date
Children of the Stork (1999)
1h 20m
Running Time
November 24, 1999Release Date
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Plot.
Three French pals take to the road in a stolen car and discover a talking, wounded stork — who claims to have deserted the Algerian army — and help it to escape to the home of a relative in Germany.
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Release DateNovember 24, 1999
Original NameJe suis né d'une cigogne
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 20m
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Je suis né d'une cigogne (English: Children of the Stork) is a 1999 French road movie directed by Tony Gatlif, starring Romain Duris, Rona Hartner, Ouassini Embarek, Christine Pignet and Marc Nouyrigat. Following its French release, it received mixed reviews but was nominated for a Golden Bayard at the International Festival of Francophone Film in Namur, Belgium.The film deals with themes like social exclusion and illegal immigration, along with references to the Romani, as in the other films by the director. Gatlif has also employed the French director Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave techniques in this film.