
"This movie is not for you"
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.
Marian

Józef

Ania

Ala

Ludwik

Lucjan

Florist Maria

Jakubiec

Jakubcowa

Gustaw

Unknown Role

Biology Teacher

Priest
PE Teacher

Ludwik's Father

Student Pupunia

Student

Student

Student

Student
Student
Student

Student
Student
Student
Student
Student
Student

Student

Student
Unknown Role

Unknown Role

Unknown Role
Unknown Role
Unknown Role

Józef's Mother

Nun in Rest-home

Unknown Role

Unknown Role

Patient in Rest-home
Patient in Rest-home

Boy in Front of Flower Shop
Girl in Front of Flower Shop
Taxi Driver in Brodnica

Passenger in Bus