Birdsong

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Birdsong

2008

1h 38m

Drama

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

David Fear

Time Out

Rated: 4/5

Nov 17, 2011

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A.O. Scott

New York Times

The lovely and strange Birdsong (El Cant dels Ocells) is less a retelling of the Nativity story than a dream about it.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 25, 2009

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J. Hoberman

Village Voice

Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra is an artist whose work inspires more thinking than philosophizing.

Feb 24, 2009

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Robert Koehler

Cinema Scope

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.

Oct 2, 2017

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Christopher Long

Movie Metropolis

Serras sublime slapstick wont suit everyones taste but what worthwhile film does?

Rated: 10/10

Feb 27, 2009

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

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.

Rated: 7.0/10

Feb 25, 2009

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Audience Member

One of the worst movies ever seen looks like a rip-off passion of the christ

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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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.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

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 pequeÃ±as cuestiones morales y comportamientos de estos personajes. Al ser exhibida nuevamente, entre la audiencia presente hubo comentarios desacreditando el cine de SERRA, no entendiendo quÃ© quiere decir este hombre o simbolizar con sus films, tras la conferencia que brindÃ³ al culminar el film. 4/10

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Albert Serra

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Victòria Aragonés

Maria

Mark Peranson

Josef

Albert Serra

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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