''Birds of a Feather'', also known as ''Manou the Swift'' or ''Swift'', is a 2019 English-Language German animated

adventure comedy film The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality was found among historians Brian Taves and Ian Cameron in ...

directed by Christian Haas and Andrea Block. The film features the voices of

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and

David Shaughnessy David Shaughnessy is an English actor, producer and director known for his voice-work in '' Big Hero 6'', '' Big Hero 6: The Series'', '' Fallout 4'', ''Labyrinth'', ''Mass Effect'', '' Peter Pan and the Pirates'', '' Star Wars Rebels'', '' The ...

Cast

as Blanche, Yves' wife who is the first to discover Manou and take him in *

as Yves, the strong-willed but stubborn leader of the seagull colony *

as Manou, an orphaned Swift who was adopted and raised by seagulls *

as Kalifa, a female Swift and Manou's love interest *

Mikey Kelley Mikey Kelley is an American voice actor, who is best known for his role as Michelangelo in the '' TMNT'' movie, Silver Surfer in ''The Super Hero Squad Show'', David Carter in '' Invasion America'', Joey Caruso in '' Everybody Still Hates Chris' ...

as Luc, Manou's adoptive brother with whom he shares a strong bond *

as Percival, a flightless bird who lives in a cemetery, and frequently hangs around with the Swifts * Arif S. Kinchen as Poncho, a short, fat Swift and one of Kalifa's brothers *

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as Yusuf, a slim, taller Swift and one of Kalifa's brothers *

Julie Nathanson Julie Nathanson (born 1972 or 1973) is an American actress known for voicing Rosalie Rowan in '' The Zeta Project'', Silver Banshee, and Jewelee in the DC animated film '' Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay'', Yelena Belova in Avengers Assemble, an ...

as Francoise, a student at the sailing school and a rival of Manou *

Rob Paulsen Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Pro ...

as Sandpipers

Plot

The film follows the adventures of Manou, a

swift Swift or SWIFT most commonly refers to: * SWIFT, an international organization facilitating transactions between banks ** SWIFT code * Swift (programming language) * Swift (bird), a family of birds It may also refer to: Organizations * SWIF ...

who was raised by

seagulls Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the subfamily Larinae. They are most closely related to terns and skimmers, distantly related to auks, and even more distantly related to waders. Until the 21st century, most gulls were placed ...

and struggles to fit in with them, as well as his journey to accepting his identity as a swift, fighting rats and earning the respect of seagulls and swifts alike.

References

External links

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