Birds Flying East
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| Spanish | Pájaros |
| Directed by | Pau Durá |
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| Cinematography | David Omedes |
| Edited by | Lucas Nolla |
| Music by | Magalí Datzira |
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| Distributed by | Filmax |
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Birds Flying East (Spanish: Pájaros) is a 2024 Spanish-Romanian road comedy-drama film directed by Pau Durà and starring Luis Zahera, Javier Gutiérrez, and Teresa Saponangelo.
Plot
[edit]Stuttering lawyer and birdwatcher Mario obtains support from upbeat garage worker and weed dealer Colombo to travel east from Valencia to Constanța to follow migratory birds.[1][2]
Cast
[edit]- Luis Zahera as Mario[2]
- Javier Gutiérrez as Colombo[2]
- Teresa Saponangelo as Elisabetta[2]
- Diana Cavaliotti[3]
Production
[edit]The film was produced by Fosca Films, Icónica Producciones, and Tandem Films alongside Birds Film AIE and Motion Pictures Management, with the participation of RTVE, Amazon Prime Video, and 3CAT.[4] It was shot in between Spain, Italy, and Romania.[5] It was shot in eight languages,[6] including Spanish,[7] Italian, Yiddish, Romanian, Arabic, and Hungarian.[8]
Release
[edit]Birds Flying East was presented at the 27th Málaga Film Festival on 2 March 2024.[6] It is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 5 April 2024 by Filmax.[4]
Reception
[edit]On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 5 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10.[9]
Jonathan Holland of ScreenDaily underscored the film to be "an engaging and energetic tragi-comic take on the multiple insecurities of masculinity in middle age".[1]
Javier Ocaña of El País deemed the film to be "a worthy story of friendship among peers" and, drawing a comparison to 1960s and 1970s Italian cinema, wrote that "Gutiérrez and Zahera could perfectly be Vittorio Gassman and Alberto Sordi in search of themselves".[10]
Accolades
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2024 |
27th Málaga Film Festival | Silver Biznaga for Best Actor | Luis Zahera | Won |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Holland, Jonathan (4 March 2024). "'Pajaros': Malaga Review". ScreenDaily.
- ^ a b c d Marinetto, P (2 March 2024). "'Pájaros', fragilidad masculina en un viaje de España a Rumanía". ABC.
- ^ "Pájaros". Festival de Málaga. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ a b "RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'Pájaros', una road-movie protagonizada por Javier Gutiérrez y Luis Zahera". rtve.es. 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Pau Durà finaliza el rodaje de su tercera película 'Pájaros'". Cadena SER. 20 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Pau Durá regala a Málaga un Luis Zahera diferente en 'Pájaros', una road movie por Europa". Infobae. 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Pájaros". Filmax. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "'Pájaros', la nueva película de Pau Durà". El Nostre Ciutat. 19 October 2022.
- ^ "Birds Flying East". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ Ocaña, Javier (5 April 2024). "'Pájaros': digna tragicomedia sobre la crisis de la masculinidad". El País.
- ^ Sánchez Casademont, Rafael (9 March 2024). "Festival de Málaga 2024: Palmarés completo con todos los ganadores de la edición". Fotogramas.