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Watch Penguin Bloom | Netflix Official Site. As a mom copes with the aftermath of a harrowing accident, she finds inspiration from an injured magpie taken in by her family. Based on a true story. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Glendyn Ivin
- 95 min
- Struggling to Adjust
- Healing with A Feathery Friend
- Making The Movie
After the accident, Bloom endured seven months of rehabilitation and then returned to her house in Australia. In a 2017 piece for TIME, Bloom described the harrowing experience of being in such a familiar place that suddenly felt wrenchingly unfamiliar. “When viewed from a wheelchair, the once-familiar sanctuary of love and comfort became an alien ...
Three months after Bloom returned home her 11-year-old son, Noah, found the injured baby magpie, which the family named Penguin. The tiny bird had fallen out of its nest and dropped over 60 feet onto an asphalt parking lot, where she would have died had the Bloom family not taken her home. Sam Bloom wrote that caring for Penguin was an undertaking—...
When Naomi Watts read Penguin Bloom, she was so moved by the family’s story that she wanted to adapt it for the screen. She told People: “The images were so compelling, and the story was filled with courage and hope.” The Bloom family was intimately involved in the adaptation—Sam Bloom allowed Watts to read her journals, and the movie was shot in t...
- 2 min
- Annabel Gutterman
The book and film are based on a true story of Sam and Cameron Bloom's family and their interactions with an Australian magpie named 'Penguin'. It was theatrically released in Australia by Roadshow Films on 21 January 2021 and digitally in the United States by Netflix on 27 January.
- $6.3 million
2021 | Maturity Rating:13+ | 1h 35m | Drama. As a mom copes with the aftermath of a harrowing accident, she finds inspiration from an injured magpie taken in by her family. Based on a true story. Starring:Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver. Watch all you want. JOIN NOW.
4 days ago · Sony Pictures ' It Ends with Us, starring Blake Lively, will be available to stream on Netflix, but not any time soon. Based on the book by Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us will finally be released in theaters on August 9 after various delays. The movie centers on Lily Bloom, a young woman with a difficult past.
5 days ago · In recent years Watts has been the lead in a variety of thrillers and heartfelt dramas: “The Wolf Hour,” “Penguin Bloom,” “Infinite Storm,” and “The Desperate Hour.”
5 days ago · Recently, he starred in an episode of Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities which streams on Netflix. In 2020 he starred with Naomi Watts in Penguin Bloom which is based on a true story.
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