Bird Talk (Mowa ptaków) 5 years old

This movie is not for you

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.

Credits

Bird Talk Cast

Name	Character
Andrzej Chyra He was 54, now 60 years old	as Lucjan
Borys Szyc He was 40, now 46 years old	as Jakubiec
Marta Żmuda-Trzebiatowska He was 35, now 40 years old	as Jakubcowa

Bird Talk Crew

Name	Department
Andrzej Żuławski as Screenplay. He was 78 (75) years old when He died	Writing
Xawery Żuławski as Director. He was 47 (now 52) years old	Directing