The gritty, but elegantly constructed and richly symbolic Bird looks at growing up in a way only writer-director Andrea Arnold could achieve.

The gritty, but elegantly constructed and richly symbolic Bird looks at growing up in a way only writer-director Andrea Arnold could achieve.

The gritty, but elegantly constructed and richly symbolic Bird looks at growing up in a way only writer-director Andrea Arnold could achieve.

The gritty, but elegantly constructed and richly symbolic Bird looks at growing up in a way only writer-director Andrea Arnold could achieve.

A subdued and sombre mixture of historical fiction and character drama, director Tim Mielants’ adaptation of author Claire Keegan’s award winning novel Small Things Like These is a work of … ...