
August Rush
2007


20 votes
After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel. Through the bond, Helen rediscovers the beauty of being alive.
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Philippa LowthorpeWriters
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Academic “Helen” (Claire Foy) is close to her photo journalist dad (Brendan Gleeson) and so is deeply affected when he quite suddenly dies. She tries to be around for her mum (Lindsay Duncan) and brother “James” (Josh Dylan) but with her tenure at her university (and therefore the lease on her home) coming to an end she seems devoid of much purpose. One thing she had shared with her father shortly before he died was watching some hawks darting about in the sky, and this inspires her to try her hand at falconry. After chatting with her experienced friend “Stuart” (Sam Spruell) she alights on a…
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