Immortal Bird: A
father celebrates his son’s life while trying desperately to save it in
this luminous character study–cum–medical odyssey…. Small, sickly, but
charismatic and a natural actor, Damon cunningly conceals his physical
weaknesses while extracting every ounce of happiness from his straitened
circumstances; even as he fades, this kid seems to own every room he
enters. Weber’s heartbreaking story gives us both a tragic cautionary
tale and a moving account.