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Birdsong

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Three wise men embark on a journey to see the newborn Jesus Christ.

Critics Reviews

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A.O. Scott New York Times 02/25/2009
4/5
The lovely and strange Birdsong (El Cant dels Ocells) is less a retelling of the Nativity story than a dream about it. Go to Full Review
J. Hoberman Village Voice 02/24/2009
Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra is an artist whose work inspires more thinking than philosophizing. Go to Full Review
Robert Koehler Cinema Scope 10/02/2017
In the current course of films being made around the world that demand new engagement with the essentials of cinema, it is about as important a work as has been made in the past three years. Go to Full Review
Christopher Long Movie Metropolis 02/27/2009
10/10
Serras sublime slapstick wont suit everyones taste but what worthwhile film does? Go to Full Review
Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru 02/25/2009
7.0/10
Mostly engrossing for patient viewers who'll be able to truly appreciate the seemingly simple, minimal narrative and to sense the wealth of emotion and complexities lurking beneath it. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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12/14/2020 One of the worst movies ever seen looks like a rip-off passion of the christ See more 11/07/2015 Beautifully photographed, minimalistic trip through the desert for the three kings to deliver their gifts to newborn Jesus. Serra stands on this trivial moments that no history would care to record and no Hollywood studio would be inerested to depict. Even epic stories, though, have those little moments of solitude and vastness. See more 07/11/2011 Sé de las (buenas) intenciones de Serra (vi el documental). Pero no me parece que se noten bien, o no funcionaron para mí. La foto no es para tanto. Me aburrí. See more 08/27/2009 Black and white. Still as a stuffed goat. No action at all. Plenty to frustrate the audience. Saw this at the LFF with a friend who couldn't take it. You know you're in trouble when the director is pleased with the amount of walk-outs he generates. I kinda liked it, though. See more 04/05/2009 Vista en el Festival de Cine de Mar Del Plata. ALBERT SERRA esta vez se agarra con los reyes magos, al igual que en HONOR DE CAVALLERIA lo haria con el Quijote de la Mancha. El resultado es un viaje exhaustivo que a mi paracer no termina de cerrar un relato conciso. Un film repleto de planos largos que derivan en solo pequeñas cuestiones morales y comportamientos de estos personajes. Al ser exhibida nuevamente, entre la audiencia presente hubo comentarios desacreditando el cine de SERRA, no entendiendo qué quiere decir este hombre o simbolizar con sus films, tras la conferencia que brindó al culminar el film. 4/10 See more 03/25/2009 . . . . . . ..... See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Three wise men embark on a journey to see the newborn Jesus Christ.
Director
Albert Serra
Screenwriter
Albert Serra
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Catalan
Runtime
1h 38m