
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