DESMAR
Film4 Productions
Good Gate Media
Plan B Entertainment
Protagonist Pictures
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H Is for Hawk
After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel. Through the bond, Helen rediscovers the beauty of being alive.
- Original title
- H Is for Hawk
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- EN
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Jan 30, 2026 · via TMDB
Academic “Helen” (Claire Foy) is close to her photo journalist dad (Brendan Gleeson) and so is deeply affected when he quite suddenly dies. She tries to be around for her mum (Lindsay Duncan) and brother “James” (Josh Dylan) but with her tenure at her university (and therefore the lease on her home) coming to an end she seems devoid of much purpose. One thing she had shared with her father shortly before he died was watching some hawks darting about in the sky, and this inspires her to try her hand at falconry. After chatting with her experienced friend “Stuart” (Sam Spruell) she alights on a goshawk - the most aggressive of all. Despite the reservations of her best pal “Christina” (Denise Gough) they drive to Stranraer to pick up a fully licensed young bird. It’s a lively animal whom she names “Mabel” and what now ensues sees he become more and more attached to a bird that gradually starts to reciprocate - well, within reason. “Helen” becomes obsessed with her bird, and though she pays lip service to her work she really only cares about “Mabel” as she learns to feed and then to hunt. Grief is a topic that plenty of films have had a go at exposing over the years, but rarely in quite such an effective fashion. The fact that “Helen” is so closely identifying with her bird, at the expense of just about everything else including her job, her family, friendships and even her hygiene is delicately played out here. There is a clear dependency developing here that slowly, but surely, shifts in emphasis. As “Mabel” grows in confidence, it also gives the cinematographer an opportunity to present us with some beautifully photographed action as this nimble and lithe creature chases it’s prey through trees, tall grass and hedgerows without ever losing sight of lunch. There’s not a great deal of dialogue to concern us which allows us to focus more on Foy’s personable performance crafting a character that has no idea how to grieve. The goshawk is the star though, no doubt about it.
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Claire Foy
Helen
Brendan Gleeson
Dad
Lindsay Duncan
Mum
Denise Gough
Christina
Sam Spruell
Stuart
Emma Cunniffe
Mandy
Josh Dylan
James
Arty Froushan
Amar
Eden Hamilton
Young Helen
Sean Kearns
Breeder
William Chubb
Master
Garry Cooper
Charlie
Naomi Wirthner
GP
Carys Eleri
Funeral Director
Claudius Peters
Jogger
Angus Cooper
Male activist
Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Director of Photography
Philippa Lowthorpe
Director
John Higgins
Gaffer
Brad Pitt
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Caddy Vanasirikul
Executive Producer
Claire Foy
Executive Producer
Emily Wolfe
Executive Producer
Farhana Bhula
Executive Producer
Ollie Madden
Executive Producer
Steven P. Wegner
Executive Producer
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