I wasn’t wrong. That movie was called “My Penguin Friend” and starred Jean Reno and Adriana Barraza. It was released eight ...

One film per year in which the unexpected friendship of a penguin deeply affects a human being dealing with emotional pain?

Baba/Richard the penguins as Juan Salvador, and Steve Coogan as Tom Michel in ‘The Penguin Lessons’Image: Lucia Faraig Ferrando. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics Steve Coogan is terrific in true ...

A curmudgeonly teacher finds a renewed zest for life after rescuing a penguin in this new film from 'The Full Monty' helmer ...

Directed by Academy Award nominee Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) and written by Academy Award nominee Jeff Pope (Philomena), ...

“My Penguin Friend” is what you’d expect from an animal picture, except that it’s better — lifted by a smart script, sensitive direction and a truly beautiful performance by Jean Reno.

The unique relationship between animals and people is a territory often mined for cinematic fodder; the twist in “The Penguin ...

Last year there was the sweet My Penguin Friend about the true story of DinDim, a Magellanic penguin caught in an oil spill who befriended a Brazilian fisherman and taught him valuable life lessons.

The penguin and the fisherman become unlikely friends, so bonded that even the vast ocean cannot divide them.