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Drunken Birds

Original title: Les oiseaux ivres
  • 2021
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Marine Johnson and Jorge Antonio Guerrero in Drunken Birds (2021)
Drama

Willy's quest to find his long-lost love has brought him from Mexico to Montréal, as a seasonal worker. Destinies intersect, moments of magic realism arise, worlds collide, and tensions swel... Read allWilly's quest to find his long-lost love has brought him from Mexico to Montréal, as a seasonal worker. Destinies intersect, moments of magic realism arise, worlds collide, and tensions swell amidst the long days of physical labor.Willy's quest to find his long-lost love has brought him from Mexico to Montréal, as a seasonal worker. Destinies intersect, moments of magic realism arise, worlds collide, and tensions swell amidst the long days of physical labor.

  • Director
    • Ivan Grbovic
  • Writers
    • Ivan Grbovic
    • Sara Mishara
  • Stars
    • Jorge Antonio Guerrero
    • Hélène Florent
    • Claude Legault
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    345
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    • Director
      • Ivan Grbovic
    • Writers
      • Ivan Grbovic
      • Sara Mishara
    • Stars
      • Jorge Antonio Guerrero
      • Hélène Florent
      • Claude Legault
    • 1User review
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 15 wins & 17 nominations total

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    Jorge Antonio Guerrero
    Jorge Antonio Guerrero
    • Willy
    Hélène Florent
    Hélène Florent
    • Julie
    Claude Legault
    Claude Legault
    • Richard
    Marine Johnson
    Marine Johnson
    • Léa
    Maxime Dumontier
    Maxime Dumontier
    • Benji
    Amaryllis Tremblay
    Amaryllis Tremblay
    • Lou
    Karl Walcott
    Karl Walcott
    • Pilote de course
    Yoshira Escárrega
    • Marlena
    Pedro Hernández
    Pedro Hernández
    • Pursuer
    Gilberto Barraza
    Gilberto Barraza
    • Le conteur
    Normand D'Amour
    Normand D'Amour
    • Normand
    Maria Yaya
    • Marlena's Aunt
    David Illescas
    • Man at the Villa
    Marco Ledezma
    Marco Ledezma
    • Juan
    Pablo Lugo Herrara
    • Pablo
    Oscar Sandoval Monterrubio
    • Oscar
    Carlos Rivera
    • Jesús
    José Vidaurre Zapata
    • Martín
    • Director
      • Ivan Grbovic
    • Writers
      • Ivan Grbovic
      • Sara Mishara
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    After recklessly falling in love with the beautiful wife (Yoshira Escárrega) of a powerful, ruthless Mexican drug lord who heads up a drug cartel, escapes his fate due to a kindhearted henchman (Pedro Hernández), and then is determined to find his love when she disappears in Ivan Grbovic's engaging, poignant, award-winning, multilayered, well-acted, 105-minute, 2021 film highlighted by wonderful choreography using 35mm film, a tenacious, smitten Mexican migrant (Jorge Antonio Guerrero) takes a seasonal job working for a Canadian farmer (Claude Legault) and his adulterous wife (Hélène Florent), who have a rebellious teenage daughter (Marine Johnson), picking lettuce on the Bécotte vegetable farm in Quebec and then while researching for his love who he believes is in Montreal, gets mixed up with the discontented, estranged, unhappy family.

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      Official submission of Canada for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 94th Academy Awards in 2022.

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    • Release date
      • October 22, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Languages
      • French
      • Spanish
      • English
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Les oiseaux ivres
    • Filming locations
      • Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • micro_scope
      • Pimienta Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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