From the best-selling author of Wonder, the book that sparked a movement to “choose kind,” comes the inspirational next chapter. In White Bird, we follow Julian (Bryce Gheisar), who has struggled to belong ever since he was expelled from his former school for his treatment of Auggie Pullman. To transform his life, Julian’s grandmother (Helen Mirren) finally reveals to Julian her own story of courage — during her youth in Nazi-occupied France, a boy shelters her from mortal danger. They find first love in a stunning, magical world of their own creation, while the boy’s mother (Gillian Anderson) risks everything to keep her safe. From director Marc Forster (Finding Neverland and Christopher Robin), screenwriter Mark Bomback, and based on R.J. Palacio’s book, White Bird, like Wonder before it, is an uplifting movie about how one act of kindness can live on forever.
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00:00I know I'm not an ordinary ten-year-old kid, but then again, no one's ordinary.
00:12Corky can't change the way he looks, so maybe we can change the way we see.
00:22Tell me about this new school of yours.
00:24Right now I'm just trying to fit in.
00:26It's kind of been my motto ever since I left my old school.
00:28Julia, you did not leave your old school, you were expelled for being cruel to another
00:33boy.
00:34I'm sure your father has told you stories about when I was a young girl.
00:38He says you don't really like to talk about it.
00:40I don't.
00:41But now, I think, for your sake, I must.
00:50Excuse me.
00:51Oh God, what is he doing?
00:52I saw this under your desk.
00:54Thanks.
00:55You're welcome.
00:56I didn't even know his name.
00:58Look at this freak.
00:59But we had in common one crucial thing.
01:02These are really good, for a Jew.
01:07We had both seen how much hate people are capable of.
01:12One of the children's missing.
01:13Find him!
01:14And how much courage it took to be kind.
01:18You need to come with me right now.
01:20I know a way out.
01:23You stay with us, okay?
01:28When in dark times, those small things remind us of our humanity.
01:41How would you like to visit New York tonight?
01:43Sure.
01:44Open your eyes.
01:51I was never very nice to you.
01:55But you are strong.
01:56You're the bravest person I've ever met.
02:05You forget many things in life.
02:07But you never forget kindness.
02:11Because when kindness can cost you your life, it becomes like a miracle.