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A depressed man nurses an injured duck back to health, and falls for a pretty veterinarian while struggling to get back on his feet following a nasty break-up. Freshly dumped by his longtime girlfriend Susan (Faye Smythe), Doug (Rhys Darby) falls into a miserable cycle of self-pity until the day he encounters Pierre -- a wounded duck that's made a home on his roof. Pierre can't fly, but with the help of whimsical bird specialist Holly (Sally Hawkins, Doug determines to get the grounded duck back up in the air, and his love life back in order. Bryan Brown and Emily Barclay co-star.