Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 2009
Ricky (2009 film)
Buy Ricky (2009 film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'Ricky' is a 2009 French fantasy film directed by Franois Ozon about a human baby who develops a set of functional wings, and how the parents cope with the child's abnormality.
Plot
Katie ('Alendra Lamy') lives with her daughter Lisa ('Mlusine Mayance') in welfare housing in eastern Paris. Their family is disrupted when Katie falls in love with Paco ('Sergi Lpez'), her Spanish co-worker in a cosmetics factory. A baby is born after Paco moves in. The child, who they name Ricky (Arthur Peyret), becomes a source of anxiety and unwelcome surprise as he is noisy and demanding. To make matters worse, Ricky's shoulder blades begin growing wings. The baby also starts to fly. He becomes a public curiosity further throwing the family into disarray and fear for Ricky's safety. Katie and Paco put a rope on Ricky so he won't fly away. They let go of Ricky as Katie is holding the rope and everyone is surprised to see Ricky flying. But when Katie accidentally let go the rope Ricky flies away and though they chase after him, he flies away. Katie and Paco think Ricky is dead. Katie is despondent and about to kill herself when she hears Ricky's voice and his flapping wings, as he returns.
Cast
*Alexandra Lamy as Katie
*Sergi Lpez as Paco
*Mlusine Mayance as Lisa
*Arthur Peyret as Ricky
*Andr Wilms as Le mdecin hpital
*Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat as Le journaliste
References
Buy Ricky (2009 film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 2009