Birds, Orphans and Fools
- IMDb link: 0065193
- IMDb rating: 7.1 (1,182 votes) Search
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, War
- Director: Juraj Jakubisko
- Cast: Philippe Avron, Jiri Sykora, Magda Vasaryova, Francoise Goldite and others
- Release date: 1 Mar 1976
- Release year: 1969
- Runtime: 78 minutes
- Country: Czechoslovakia, France
- Keywords: murder of a pregnant woman, female rear nudity, satire comedy, female full frontal nudity, slovak new wave, written by director, budgerigar, magical realism, tragic event, slapstick comedy
Plot
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Three adolescent war orphans seclude themselves in an anarchic and playful existence of denial and juvenile joy.
After the Prague Spring of 1968 leaves Yorick, Martha and Ondrej orphaned, the trio of young characters find shelter in a bombed church and construct a surrealistically anarchic existence based on a philosophy of denial of life circumstances and careless playfulness with the purpose of pretending they enjoy the peace and freedom they do not have. Each character undergoes a personal growth process after Yorick and Ondrej competitively seek to develop a relationship with Martha, which escalates to unforeseen consequences.
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