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.
Grzegorz Adach | Still Photographer |
Tomasz Krzemieniecki | Stunt Coordinator |
Krzysztof Bernaś | Acting Double |
Jakub Czerwiński | Second Unit Director of Photography |
Piotr Kielar | Co-Director |
Sylwia Wojdecka | Casting Associate |
Albert Lenart | Camera Operator |
Jakub Stolecki | Camera Operator |
Michał Dymek | Camera Operator |
Remigiusz Wojaczek | Camera Operator |