Ricky (2009 film)


Ricky is a 2009 French fantasy film directed by François Ozon about a human baby who develops a set of functional wings, and how the parents cope with the child's abnormality.

Plot

Katie lives with her daughter Lisa in a welfare housing in eastern Paris. Their family is disrupted when Katie falls in love with Paco, her Spanish co-worker in a cosmetics factory. A baby is born after Paco moved in. The child, who they name Ricky, becomes a source of anxiety and unwelcome surprise as he starts to become 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.

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