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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.
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| Spanish | Pájaros |
| Directed by | Pau Durá |
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| Cinematography | David Omedes |
| Edited by | Lucas Nolla |
| Music by | Magalí Datzira |
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| Distributed by | Filmax |
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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]
- Luis Zahera as Mario[2]
- Javier Gutiérrez as Colombo[2]
- Teresa Saponangelo as Elisabetta[2]
- Diana Cavaliotti[3]
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]
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]
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]
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| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2024 | 27th Málaga Film Festival | Silver Biznaga for Best Actor | Luis Zahera | Won |
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