Bird Talk

The story

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

S Sebastian FabijańskiMarian E Eryk KulmJózef J Jaśmina PolakAnia K Katarzyna ChojnackaAla S Sebastian PawlakLudwik A Andrzej ChyraLucjan Ż Żaneta PalicaFlorist Maria B Borys SzycJakubiec M Marta Żmuda-TrzebiatowskaJakubcowa D Daniel OlbrychskiGustaw M Michał Grudziński M Monika NiemczykBiology Teacher

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M Michał WanioPriest B Bartosz ObuchowiczPE Teacher W Wiktor ZborowskiLudwik's Father E Edyta JanuszewskaStudent Pupunia G Grzegorz PalkowskiStudent K Kacper OlszewskiStudent N Natalia SierzputowskaStudent E Emil LipskiStudent P Paweł MandziewskiStudent K Konrad SkolimowskiStudent K Konrad PasikStudent K Kaja WróblewskaStudent K Karolina CzyżStudent A Agata SacewiczStudent P Pawel KugelStudent M Mikołaj MatczakStudent O Olaf MarchwickiStudent A Anna KrzyżanowskaStudent M Marcin Mroczek R Rafał Mroczek W Wojciech Biedroń A Anna Maria Kosik M Michał Kościuk A Alicja JachiewiczJózef's Mother B Barbara GarstkaNun in Rest-home D Danuta Borsuk K Katarzyna Radochońska K Katarzyna TrzcińskaPatient in Rest-home T Tomira KowalikPatient in Rest-home G Gustaw KorzyńskiBoy in Front of Flower Shop M Marianna SolarzGirl in Front of Flower Shop B Bartłomiej KotschedoffTaxi Driver in Brodnica K Krzysztof BernaśPassenger in Bus