About
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.
Digital
May 25, 2020
Budget
$840K
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Metro Films, MX35, Orka
Original Title
Mowa ptaków
Original Language
Polish
Cast
Full credits →S
Sebastian Fabijański
Marian
E
Eryk Kulm
Józef
J
Jaśmina Polak
Ania
K
Katarzyna Chojnacka
Ala
S
Sebastian Pawlak
Ludwik
A
Andrzej Chyra
Lucjan
B
Borys Szyc
Jakubiec
M
Marta Żmuda-Trzebiatowska
Jakubcowa
D
Daniel Olbrychski
Gustaw
M
Michał Grudziński
M
Monika Niemczyk
Biology Teacher
M
Michał Wanio
Priest
B
Bartosz Obuchowicz
PE Teacher
W
Wiktor Zborowski
Ludwik's Father
E
Edyta Januszewska
Student Pupunia
G
Grzegorz Palkowski
Student
K
Kacper Olszewski
Student
N
Natalia Sierzputowska
Student
E
Emil Lipski
Student
K
Konrad Skolimowski
Student
