Swift

Manou (voiced by Josh Keaton), a baby swift, is all alone in the hills above the French Riviera in SWIFT. He's a lucky little guy when he's adopted by two generous seagulls, Blanche (Kate Winslet) and Yves (Willem Dafoe), just before their own baby hatches. Manou becomes part of the seagull family, though it's quite clear he's a very different kind of bird. In a chance meeting with three young swifts, Manou realizes that he's one of them, and likes their company, but not enough to leave his family. Then an unfortunate event occurs. Though doing his best, Manou fails to protect an egg left in his care from sharp-toothed rats and is banished from the seagull flock. Hurt and saddened, Manou turns to his new swift friends for solace, especially Kalifa (Cassandra Steen), a very charming femme fatale. With winter coming, both species of birds look forward to their flight south, but plans are interrupted by the same dangerous rats and unexpected turbulent weather. It's up to Manou to unite the swifts and the seagulls, help them accept their differences, and work as a team to escape the peril and fly south together.