Bird Talk

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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.

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Creators

Xawery Żuławski

director

Andrzej Żuławski

writer

Cast

Sebastian Fabijański actor Eryk Kulm actor Jaśmina Polak actor

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Katarzyna Chojnacka actor Sebastian Pawłak actor Andrzej Chyra actor

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Żaneta Palica actor Borys Szyc actor Marta Żmuda Trzebiatowska actor Daniel Olbrychski actor

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Michał Grudziński actor

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Monika Niemczyk actor

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Michał Wanio actor Bartosz Obuchowicz actor Wiktor Zborowski actor

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Edyta Januszewska actor Grzegorz Palkowski actor Kacper Olszewski actor

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Natalia Sierzputowska actor

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Emil Lipski actor