Birds Flying East

2024 film

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 (2024-03-02) (Málaga)
* 5 April 2024 (2024-04-05) (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

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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]

## Cast

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* Luis Zahera as Mario[2]
* Javier Gutiérrez as Colombo[2]
* Teresa Saponangelo as Elisabetta[2]
* Diana Cavaliotti [ro][3]

## Production

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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

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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

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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

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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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## See also

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* List of Spanish films of 2024

## References

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1. ^ a b Holland, Jonathan (4 March 2024). "'Pajaros': Malaga Review". ScreenDaily.
2. ^ a b c d Marinetto, P (2 March 2024). "'Pájaros', fragilidad masculina en un viaje de España a Rumanía". ABC.
3. ^ "Pájaros". Festival de Málaga. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
4. ^ a b "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.
6. ^ a b "Pau Durá regala a Málaga un Luis Zahera diferente en 'Pájaros', una road movie por Europa". Infobae. 2 March 2024.
7. ^ "Pájaros". Filmax. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
8. ^ "'Pájaros', la nueva película de Pau Durà". El Nostre Ciutat. 19 October 2022.
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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