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Birdies

1971 · 72 min

A gentle, playful daydream of a film that drifts along with two wide-eyed girls, charming more than it grips.

Directed by: Géza Böszörményi
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Ildikó Bánsági, Péter Haumann, Sándor Lukács

Overview: The heroines of this lyric comedy full of burlesque elements are two girls from a village who get totally engrossed in their day-dreaming. Ida and Rozi escape to the city to catch husbands for themselves.

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Directed by: Géza Böszörményi
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Ildikó Bánsági, Péter Haumann, Sándor Lukács

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
love
family
class
Places: small town
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Géza Böszörményi
Written by: Géza Böszörményi, Lívia Gyarmathy
Starring: Ildikó Bánsági, Péter Haumann, Sándor Lukács, Lajos Őze, Tibor Szilágyi, Róbert Koltai, György Cserhalmi, Ila Schütz
Music: Presser Gábor
Cinematography: Elemér Ragályi
Runtime: 72 min
Country: Hungary
Languages: Hungarian

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