Bird Talk
27/09/2019
2h 18m
Based on a script by Andrzej Żuławski, this is a fascinating on-screen dialogue between father and son that combines nostalgia and fury, the sublime with humor, and old-school style with a sharp, penetrating look at Polish reality. The eponymous bird talk is the language used by those excluded from the aggressive majority: a history teacher tormented by children, a teacher of Polish studies fired from his job, a girl who cleans a banker’s villa, a florist with a club foot and a student with a fascination for cinema. Pushed to the margins by the extreme right, they defend themselves with irony, songs and quotes from the classics.
Cast
Sebastian Fabijański
Marian
Eryk Kulm
Józef
Jaśmina Polak
Ania
Katarzyna Chojnacka
Ala
Sebastian Pawlak
Ludwik
Andrzej Chyra
Lucjan
Żaneta Palica
Florist Maria
Borys Szyc
Jakubiec
Marta Żmuda-Trzebiatowska
Jakubcowa
Daniel Olbrychski
Gustaw
Michał Grudziński
Monika Niemczyk
Biology Teacher
Michał Wanio
Priest
Bartosz Obuchowicz
PE Teacher
Wiktor Zborowski
Ludwik's Father
Edyta Januszewska
Student Pupunia
Grzegorz Palkowski
Student
Kacper Olszewski
Student
Natalia Sierzputowska
Student
Emil Lipski
Student
Paweł Mandziewski
Student
Konrad Skolimowski
Student
Konrad Pasik
Student
Kaja Wróblewska
Student
Karolina Czyż
Student
Agata Sacewicz
Student
Pawel Kugel
Student
Mikołaj Matczak
Student
Olaf Marchwicki
Student
Anna Krzyżanowska
Student
Marcin Mroczek
Rafał Mroczek
Wojciech Biedroń
Anna Maria Kosik
Michał Kościuk
Alicja Jachiewicz
Józef's Mother
Barbara Garstka
Nun in Rest-home
Danuta Borsuk
Katarzyna Radochońska
Katarzyna Trzcińska
Patient in Rest-home
Tomira Kowalik
Patient in Rest-home
Gustaw Korzyński
Boy in Front of Flower Shop
Marianna Solarz
Girl in Front of Flower Shop
Bartłomiej Kotschedoff
Taxi Driver in Brodnica
Krzysztof Bernaś
Passenger in Bus
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