Bird Talk
2019Based 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.
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Sebastian Fabijański
as Marian
Eryk Kulm
as Józef
Jaśmina Polak
as Ania
Katarzyna Chojnacka
as Ala
Sebastian Pawlak
as Ludwik
Andrzej Chyra
as Lucjan
Żaneta Palica
as Florist Maria
Borys Szyc
as Jakubiec
Marta Żmuda-Trzebiatowska
as Jakubcowa
Daniel Olbrychski
as Gustaw
Michał Grudziński
Monika Niemczyk
as Biology Teacher
Michał Wanio
as Priest
Bartosz Obuchowicz
as PE Teacher
Wiktor Zborowski
as Ludwik's Father
Edyta Januszewska
as Student Pupunia
Grzegorz Palkowski
as Student
Kacper Olszewski
as Student
Natalia Sierzputowska
as Student
Emil Lipski
as Student
Paweł Mandziewski
as Student
Konrad Skolimowski
as Student
Konrad Pasik
as Student
Kaja Wróblewska
as Student
Karolina Czyż
as Student
Agata Sacewicz
as Student
Pawel Kugel
as Student
Mikołaj Matczak
as Student
Olaf Marchwicki
as Student
Anna Krzyżanowska
as Student
Marcin Mroczek
Rafał Mroczek
Wojciech Biedroń
Anna Maria Kosik
Michał Kościuk
Alicja Jachiewicz
as Józef's Mother
Barbara Garstka
as Nun in Rest-home
Danuta Borsuk
Katarzyna Radochońska
Katarzyna Trzcińska
as Patient in Rest-home
Tomira Kowalik
as Patient in Rest-home
Gustaw Korzyński
as Boy in Front of Flower Shop
Marianna Solarz
as Girl in Front of Flower Shop
Bartłomiej Kotschedoff
as Taxi Driver in Brodnica
Krzysztof Bernaś
as Passenger in Bus
