Plot Summary
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.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Mowa ptaków
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- pl
- Budget
- $840K
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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
Production Companies
Metro Films
MX35
Studio Orka
