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.
as Marian
as Józef
as Ania
as Ala
as Ludwik
as Lucjan
as Florist Maria
as Jakubiec
as Jakubcowa
as Gustaw
as Biology Teacher
as Priest
as PE Teacher
as Ludwik's Father
as Student Pupunia
as Student
as Student
as Student
as Student
as Student
as Student
as Student
as Student
as Student
as Student
as Student
as Student
as Student
as Student
as Józef's Mother
as Nun in Rest-home
as Patient in Rest-home
as Patient in Rest-home
as Boy in Front of Flower Shop
as Girl in Front of Flower Shop
as Taxi Driver in Brodnica
as Passenger in Bus
