Storm Boy

Storm Boy

Wild things should be free.

197788 min7.0 / 10

A tender, contemplative story about two lonely boys finding companionship and purpose through caring for wild creatures in an isolated coastal landscape.

Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.

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