Birdsong (Catalan: El cant dels ocells) is a 2008 film by Catalan auteur Albert Serra. The film recounts the journey of the three wise men as they travel to meet the Baby Jesus. Serra shot and edited over 100 hours of footage for the film.[2] Canadian film critic Mark Peranson played Joseph.[3]
| Birdsong | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Albert Serra |
| Written by | Albert Serra |
| Produced by | Montse Triola Lluis Miñarro |
| Starring |
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| Edited by | Àngel Martín Albert Serra |
| Music by | Pau Casals |
Running time | 98 minutes[1] |
| Languages | Catalan Hebrew |
Reception edit
A. O. Scott, writing for The New York Times, called Birdsong "less a retelling of the Nativity story than a dream about it, filtered... through a sensibility that recalls Luis Buñuel and Samuel Beckett".[1]
Birdsong won several prizes at the 2009 Gaudí Awards.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b Scott, A.O. (24 February 2009). "Three Wise Men, Bumbling Their Way to Bethlehem". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ Hughes, Darren (April 2009). "Albert Serra Interviewed on El Cant dels ocells (Birdsong)". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ Knight, Ryland Walker (25 February 2009). "Your forking: "Birdsong" and "Waiting for Sancho"". MUBI Notebook. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "El cant dels ocells". Acadèmia del Cinema Català (in Catalan). Retrieved 17 June 2017.
General references
- Reichert, Jeff (24 February 2009). "Magi Hour: Albert Serra's "Birdsong"". IndieWire. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- Chang, Justin (21 May 2008). "Review: 'Birdsong'". Variety. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- "Albert Serra, Radical Classicist". Harvard Film Archive. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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