Birds Flying East

Birds Flying East
Birds Flying East
	Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Pájaros
Directed by	Pau Durá
Screenplay by	Pau Durá; Ana M. Peiró;
Produced by	David Ciurana; José Nolla; Cristina Zumárraga; Pablo E. Bossi; Rodrigo Ruiz Tarazona;
Starring	Luis Zahera; Javier Gutiérrez; Teresa Saponangelo; Diana Cavaliotti; Florin Kevorkian;
Cinematography	David Omedes
Edited by	Lucas Nolla
Music by	Magalí Datzira
Production; companies	Fosca Films; Icónica Producciones; Tandem Films; Birds Film AIE; Motion Pictures Management;
Distributed by	Filmax
Release dates	2 March 2024 (Málaga); 5 April 2024 (Spain);
Countries	Spain; Romania;
Languages	Spanish; Italian; Romanian;

Birds Flying East (Spanish: Pájaros) is a 2024 Spanish-Romanian road comedy-drama film directed by Pau Durà and starring Luis Zahera, Javier Gutiérrez, and Teresa Saponangelo.

Plot

Stuttering lawyer and birdwatcher Mario obtains support from upbeat garage worker and weed dealer Colombo to travel east from Valencia to Constanța to follow migratory birds.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Fosca Films, Icónica Producciones, and Tandem Films alongside Birds Film AIE and Motion Pictures Management, with the participation of RTVE, Amazon Prime Video, and 3CAT.^[4] It was shot in between Spain, Italy, and Romania.^[5] It was shot in eight languages,^[6] including Spanish,^[7] Italian, Yiddish, Romanian, Arabic, and Hungarian.^[8]

Release

Birds Flying East was presented at the 27th Málaga Film Festival on 2 March 2024.^[6] It is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 5 April 2024 by Filmax.^[4]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 5 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10.^[9]

Jonathan Holland of ScreenDaily underscored the film to be "an engaging and energetic tragi-comic take on the multiple insecurities of masculinity in middle age".^[1]

Javier Ocaña of El País deemed the film to be "a worthy story of friendship among peers" and, drawing a comparison to 1960s and 1970s Italian cinema, wrote that "Gutiérrez and Zahera could perfectly be Vittorio Gassman and Alberto Sordi in search of themselves".^[10]

Accolades


Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2024	27th Málaga Film Festival	Silver Biznaga for Best Actor	Luis Zahera	Won	^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b Holland, Jonathan (4 March 2024). "'Pajaros': Malaga Review". ScreenDaily.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Marinetto, P (2 March 2024). "'Pájaros', fragilidad masculina en un viaje de España a Rumanía". ABC.
^ "Pájaros". Festival de Málaga. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'Pájaros', una road-movie protagonizada por Javier Gutiérrez y Luis Zahera". rtve.es. 14 February 2024.
^ "Pau Durà finaliza el rodaje de su tercera película 'Pájaros'". Cadena SER. 20 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Pau Durá regala a Málaga un Luis Zahera diferente en 'Pájaros', una road movie por Europa". Infobae. 2 March 2024.
^ "Pájaros". Filmax. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^ "'Pájaros', la nueva película de Pau Durà". El Nostre Ciutat. 19 October 2022.
^ "Birds Flying East". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
^ Ocaña, Javier (5 April 2024). "'Pájaros': digna tragicomedia sobre la crisis de la masculinidad". El País.
^ Sánchez Casademont, Rafael (9 March 2024). "Festival de Málaga 2024: Palmarés completo con todos los ganadores de la edición". Fotogramas.

[holland-1] Holland, Jonathan (4 March 2024). "'Pajaros': Malaga Review". ScreenDaily.

[abc-2] Marinetto, P (2 March 2024). "'Pájaros', fragilidad masculina en un viaje de España a Rumanía". ABC.

[festivaldemalaga-3] "Pájaros". Festival de Málaga. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

[rtve-4] "RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'Pájaros', una road-movie protagonizada por Javier Gutiérrez y Luis Zahera". rtve.es. 14 February 2024.

[5] "Pau Durà finaliza el rodaje de su tercera película 'Pájaros'". Cadena SER. 20 October 2022.

[infobae-6] "Pau Durá regala a Málaga un Luis Zahera diferente en 'Pájaros', una road movie por Europa". Infobae. 2 March 2024.

[filmax-7] "Pájaros". Filmax. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

[8] "'Pájaros', la nueva película de Pau Durà". El Nostre Ciutat. 19 October 2022.

[Rotten_Tomatoes-9] "Birds Flying East". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 17 May 2024.

[10] Ocaña, Javier (5 April 2024). "'Pájaros': digna tragicomedia sobre la crisis de la masculinidad". El País.

[11] Sánchez Casademont, Rafael (9 March 2024). "Festival de Málaga 2024: Palmarés completo con todos los ganadores de la edición". Fotogramas.

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