Some Birds Can't Fly (Serbian: Птице које не полете / Ptice koje ne polete) is a 1997 Yugoslav drama film directed by Petar Lalović.

Belgrade's hot weather, overcrowding and noisiness makes Vesna sick. Her parents are divorced, but still remain friendly to one another. They take her to see a doctor and she gets diagnosed with leukemia. They try to help her but nothing works. Vesna's grandpa lives in the forest, far away from the city. Her mother, who hasn't spoken to him for over 20 years, decides to ask him for help. He arrives to the hospital by his horse and suggests that Vesna comes to live with him for some time, saying that nature would make her feel better. Her family eventually agrees, and so Vesna goes to live with her grandpa for two months. He lives in a wooden house, with no television and electricity. He has a lot of animals, which Vesna mets the next morning. She tries to run away, but her grandpa catches her, has a talk with her and succeeds in making her more comfortable.

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