Poignant exploration of love, loss in ‘The Thing with Feathers’

Before January ends, Ayala Malls Cinemas exclusively premiered “The Thing With Feathers,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch, a film that explores the memories and the present, resilience of the human heart and spirit, and horror of grief.

Starring award-winning actor and global superstar Benedict Cumberbatch, widely known as Marvel’s Doctor Strange, “The Thing With Feathers” is a powerful and

emotionally resonant adaptation of Max Porter’s critically acclaimed and award-winning novel Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, a modern literary work known for its raw, poetic exploration of loss, love, and survival. Cumberbatch brings vulnerability, depth, and a poised ferocity to a role that is both humane and haunting.

The poetic message and emotional impact leave an inescapably heavy imprint on everyone’s mind. According to "The Thing with Feathers" director Dylan Southern, the book profoundly moved him.

He shared, “I loved Max Porter’s novel ‘Grief is the thing with Feathers’ the minute I read it. It was a book I didn’t know I needed. It allowed me to look at my own experiences of grief and bereavement as well as parenthood in a way that unlocked a lot of stuff I’d been carrying around for years."

It's a cinematic experience that capture real people and real pain, shown through film in a way audiences can relate to.

Following the death of his wife, a young father’s hold on reality crumbles as a seemingly malign presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.

Let Crow lead you through a story of grief and hope, now exclusively showing at Ayala Malls Cinemas.