Birdsong (2009)

Synopsis: Last fall Anthology presented Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra’s idiosyncratic, minimalist Dojng Quixote adaptation, Honor de Cavalleria (Quixotic), one of the most striking films in recent memory.... Last fall Anthology presented Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra’s idiosyncratic, minimalist Dojng Quixote adaptation, Honor de Cavalleria (Quixotic), one of the most striking films in recent memory. Now Serra has turned his unique vision on another well-known story, the biblical tale of the Three Magi and their journey to pay tribute to the newly-born child Jesus, once again transforming this highly familiar narrative into an appreciation of the human body, a study of figures in a landscape (this time shot in gorgeous black-and-white), and an experiment in cinematic duration. A deceptively simple, gently comical, and often disarmingly beautiful expression of wonder and spiritual faith, reminiscent of Rossellini’s The Flowers of St. Francis, Birdsong is a radiant film. --copy; Anthology Archives [More]

Starring: Victòria Aragonés, Lluis Carbo, Mark Peranson, Lluis Serrat

Starring: Victòria Aragonés, Lluis Carbo, Mark Peranson, Lluis Serrat

Director: Albert Serra

Director: Albert Serra
Screenwriter: Albert Serra
Studio: NY MOMA

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