Poland / Aug 01, 2019 / New Horizons International Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
Videos
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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| 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 |
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mowa ptaków |
| Original language | Polski (PL) |
| Spoken languages | Polski |
| Production countries | Poland |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Metro Films, MX35, Orka |
| Release date | 27 settembre 2019 |
| Production | Marcin Wierzchosławski, Magdalena Zimecka, Jacek Kulczycki, Grzegorz Ruzik, Mateusz Wajda |
| Writer | Andrzej Żuławski |
| Casting | Marta Kownacka |
| Editing | Wojciech Włodarski, Paweł Wójcik |
| Cinematography | Marian Prokop, Andrzej J. Jaroszewicz, Grzegorz Adach, Albert Lenart, Arkadiusz Plachta, Tomasz Sternicki, Jacek Tokarski, Michał Dymek, Adam Różański, Jakub Stolecki, Paweł Dylik, Jakub Czerwiński, Remigiusz Wojaczek |
| Assistant directors | Piotr Kielar, Xawery Żuławski |
| Additional directing | Jakub Czerwiński |
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Release dates
Premiere
Russia / Oct 03, 2020 / Moscow International Film Festival
Limited release
Poland / Sep 27, 2019
Digital
United States / May 25, 2020
Physical media
Poland / Jan 13, 2021 / DVD
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