Drunken Birds

2021

1h 44m

Drama

List

75%

Tomatometer

12 Reviews

Willy's quest to find his long-lost love Marlena has brought him from Mexico to Canada, as a seasonal worker at the Becotte farm. Multiple destinies intersect, moments of magic realism arise, worlds collide, and tensions swell amidst the long days of labor.

Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

By its finale, you get the sense that the go-for-broke Quebecois director is capable of magically conjuring just about any image that might come to his mind, so long as it makes a mark.

Nov 17, 2021

Full Review

Lovia Gyarkye

Hollywood Reporter

With Drunken Birds, Grbovic continues to play with the thin line between reality and fantasy in a sweeping tale of migration and lost love.

Sep 24, 2021

Full Review

Kate Taylor

Globe and Mail

Magic realism, romantic tragedy, social critique - confusingly, this film has it all.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 17, 2021

Full Review

Stephanie Bunbury

Deadline Hollywood Daily

There is a perfect alignment of idea and image. Drunken Birds may ultimately be about exploitation in its different guises, but they turn it into poetry.

Sep 16, 2023

Full Review

Brian Susbielles

InSession Film

Drunken Birds gives a more global reflection of labor exploitation with the haunting memories of the past that cannot be returned.

Rated: B

Feb 22, 2023

Full Review

Ernesto Diezmartinez

Cine Vértigo

Multiple movies for one ticket. Some are interesting, others not much. Good musical selection, no doubt.

Rated: 1/4

Nov 12, 2021

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Ivan Grbovic

Director

Jorge Antonio Guerrero

Actor

Hélène Florent

Actor

Claude Legault

Actor

Marine Johnson

Actor

Ivan Grbovic

Screenwriter

Show Less Cast & Crew

Show More Cast & Crew

Blue Bayou

75%

93%

Blue Bayou

TRAILER

for Blue Bayou

The Roads Not Taken

43%

28%

The Roads Not Taken

TRAILER

for The Roads Not Taken

All Creatures Here Below

71%

61%

All Creatures Here Below

TRAILER

for All Creatures Here Below

It's Raining in the House

80%

%

It's Raining in the House

At Night Comes Wolves

14%

%

At Night Comes Wolves

TRAILER

for At Night Comes Wolves

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

View more photos

Synopsis

Willy's quest to find his long-lost love Marlena has brought him from Mexico to Canada, as a seasonal worker at the Becotte farm. Multiple destinies intersect, moments of magic realism arise, worlds collide, and tensions swell amidst the long days of labor.

Director: Ivan Grbovic
Producer: Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
Screenwriter: Ivan Grbovic, Sara Mishara
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French
Runtime: 1h 44m