H Is for Hawk
2025 · Movie · PG-13 · 120 min · ★ 7.1
After the sudden loss of a beloved parent, a grieving academic struggles to find direction as work and home feel uncertain. Drawn to falconry, she takes on a fierce young hawk and pours herself into training it, forming a demanding bond that reshapes her days and relationships.
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Details
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-11-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 120 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (25 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a quiet, emotional story about grief and an intense human-animal bond, with moments of beauty and tension; Not for you if you need fast pacing or lots of dialogue like Misbehaviour.
Pros: moving look at grief; strong lead performance; striking hawk sequences | Cons: sparse dialogue; slow, inward focus; obsession may frustrate
Themes
- loss of loved one
- cambridge
- grief
- based on memoir or autobiography
- hawk
- falconry
Cast & crew
Claire Foy
as Helen Macdonald
Brendan Gleeson
as Alisdair Macdonald
Lindsay Duncan
as Mum
Denise Gough
as Christina
Sam Spruell
as Stuart
Emma Cunniffe
as Mandy
Josh Dylan
as James
Arty Froushan
as Amar
Eden Hamilton
as Young Helen
Sean Kearns
as Breeder
Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe