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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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
Xawery Żuławski
Director
Piotr Kielar
Co-Director
Andrzej Żuławski
Screenplay
Marcin Wierzchosławski
Producer
Marian Prokop
Director of Photography
Andrzej J. Jaroszewicz
Director of Photography
Andrzej Korzyński
Original Music Composer
Wojciech Włodarski
Editor
Anna Englert
Costume Design
Elwira Pluta
Production Design
